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State Legislature Poised to Raid Game & Fish Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be meeting today, Feb. 5th,to discuss transferring 25% of the AZ Game & Fish Conservation Development Fund to the General Fund. The Conservation Development Fund generates its revenue through a surcharge on each hunting and fishing license sold.
Implementing this recommendation could affect Arizona's eligibility to participate in the Federal Aid in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Acts (Federal Aid) grants programs. In order to participate in the Federal Aid programs, states were required to enact assent legislation which prohibited the diversion of license fees paid by hunters and sport fishermen (50 CFR 80.3) (ARS 17-402).
For more information,
http://www.azantelope.org/Diversion Ltr_AZ_sml.pdf
Please contact those listed below immediately.
Senate Appropriations Committee Members
Paula Aboud, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5262
Amanda Aguirre, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4139
Carolyn S. Allen, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4480
Robert "Bob" Burns, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5993
Jake Flake, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5219
Jorge Luis Garcia, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4171
?We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.? Aldo Leopold
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be meeting today, Feb. 5th,to discuss transferring 25% of the AZ Game & Fish Conservation Development Fund to the General Fund. The Conservation Development Fund generates its revenue through a surcharge on each hunting and fishing license sold.
Implementing this recommendation could affect Arizona's eligibility to participate in the Federal Aid in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Acts (Federal Aid) grants programs. In order to participate in the Federal Aid programs, states were required to enact assent legislation which prohibited the diversion of license fees paid by hunters and sport fishermen (50 CFR 80.3) (ARS 17-402).
For more information,
http://www.azantelope.org/Diversion Ltr_AZ_sml.pdf
Please contact those listed below immediately.
Senate Appropriations Committee Members
Paula Aboud, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5262
Amanda Aguirre, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4139
Carolyn S. Allen, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4480
Robert "Bob" Burns, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5993
Jake Flake, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-5219
Jorge Luis Garcia, [email protected] , phone: 602-926-4171
?We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.? Aldo Leopold
