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I lobbied for this bill written the way it passed. So did Lou McKeil of the Salties, Liz Strohmeyer (pardon if spelled wrong) of Red Top, Mike Moss of the Sportsman's Council, Jay Baver from OTW, and many many more.
The legislation passed as written with all monies going into a dedicated fund, not the general fund. Use of the money is limited to administering the federal mandate and enhancing recreational marine fishing opprtunities. Oh yeah, 1/3rd set aside for enhnced public access only.
New rec panel to be consulted on developing uses of the money is also a great part of the bill.
The fees are reccomended by DMF and set by the state office that sets all fees. This is how fees are set. Sorry but that's the way it happens.
The "additional fee" is just like the freshwater license. The tackle shop or whomever gets to make a buck of two on top of what I believe will be a $10 license but may be $15 (which is the number I wanted in the first place after seeing the cost breakdown showing that the first $7 (roughly) will go to satisfy the federal mandate. The whole steering committee wanted some benefit for us anglers not just the fed registry. It sure looks like we are getting it.
All we have to do now is get it through the Senate. Sen Moore will not get his ammendment for the EPO's. If any money is diverted from DMF than the State wil loose 4.8 million dollars of federal matching funds that we already get. Diverting money will cost us more than Sen Moore can afford to loose.
Call your SENATOR
Whine later but stand up for yourself today...Call your Senator
Sure it sucks but man up and call your Senator
No it's not fair so particpate in Democracy and call your Senator
Stop wasting your time on this thread and call your Seantor
Listen to Flap (Gov't employee) do nothing and they might just take your money OR Listen to me (steering committee passed the bill with the dedicated fund through the House yesterday) and we might get somthing for our money....CALL YOIUR SENATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!
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