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HOUSE BILL NO. 11

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H0011........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                 Requested by Department of Fish and Game
FISH AND GAME - FUNDS - Amends existing law to discontinue the annual
transfer of funds from the Fish and Game Account to the University of Idaho
Caine Veterinary Teaching and Research Center.

01/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/11    Rpt prt - to Res/Con

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H0011

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 11

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                        Requested by: Department of Fish and Game

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING SECTION 36-107, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE  THE
 3        REQUIREMENT  THAT  THERE  BE AN ANNUAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE FISH AND
 4        GAME ACCOUNT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF  IDAHO  CAINE  VETERINARY  TEACHING  AND
 5        RESEARCH CENTER.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  36-107, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        36-107.  FISH AND GAME ACCOUNT. (a) The director shall  promptly  transmit
10    to  the  state treasurer all moneys received by him, from the sale of hunting,
11    fishing and trapping licenses, tags and permits or from any other source  con-
12    nected  with  the  administration of the provisions of the Idaho fish and game
13    code or any law or regulation for the protection of wildlife, including moneys
14    received from the sale of predatory animal furs taken under the provisions  of
15    this  chapter,  and  the  state treasurer shall deposit all such moneys in the
16    fish and game account, which  is  hereby  established,  reserved,  set  aside,
17    appropriated  in  the state treasury, and made available until expended as may
18    be directed by the commission in carrying out the purposes of the  Idaho  fish
19    and game code or any law or regulation promulgated for the protection of wild-
20    life, and shall be used for no other purpose. Pending expenditure or use, sur-
21    plus  moneys in the fish and game account shall be invested by the state trea-
22    surer in the manner provided for idle state moneys in the  state  treasury  by
23    section  67-1210,  Idaho Code. Interest received on all such investments shall
24    be paid into the account.  The state controller shall annually, by August
25    1 of each year, transfer the sum of one hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000)
26    from  the  fish  and  game account to the University of Idaho Caine Veterinary
27    Teaching and Research Center for disease research regarding the interaction of
28    disease between wildlife and domestic livestock. Said moneys shall be expended
29    on projects agreed upon by the University of Idaho Caine  Veterinary  Teaching
30    and Research Center and the state wildlife veterinarian. 
31        (b)  The  commission shall govern the financial policies of the department
32    and shall, as provided by law, fix the budget for the  operation  and  mainte-
33    nance  of  its work for each fiscal year. Said budget shall not be exceeded by
34    the director.
35        (c)  The sum of two dollars ($2.00) from each license authorized  in  sec-
36    tions  36-406(a)  and  36-407(b),  Idaho Code, which entitle a person to fish,
37    shall be used for the construction, repair, or rehabilitation  of  state  fish
38    hatcheries, fishing lakes, or reservoirs.
39        (d)  The  department  is  authorized  to expend up to one dollar and fifty
40    cents ($1.50) from each resident deer  and  elk  tag  sold  and  five  dollars
41    ($5.00)  from  each nonresident deer and elk tag sold to fund the department's
42    big game landowner-sportsman's relations program.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                      STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE
RS08403
The legislation deletes the annual transfer of $100,000 of hunting
and fishing license funds to the University of Idaho Caine
Veterinary Teaching and Research Center.  Sportsmen dollars will be
more effectively used to address wildlife health and disease
concerns at the Department's wildlife health laboratory.




FISCAL  IMPACT
A savings of $100,000 annually for the Department of Fish and Game.
No impact on the general fund.


CONTACT   
Name:          Patric Cudmore
Agency:   Department of Fish and Game
Phone:         334-3746

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                           H 1