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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

 

[vitalzone]

What did they decide?

 

[tooele]

You know arizona is in trouble. They had all of these massive projections from taxes that would come in from building, but alas this year they will be 300 to 500 million dollars short for the budget, due to wrongly projecting. They are scrambling to steal money from everywhere and anywhere. It is a shame they they have so poorly planned. They are taking money from the dental board, medical board etc. The very boards that are set up to protect the public. This legislature is something and they will try to pick the pocket of any group they feel won't put up much of a stink or it would make a lot of publicity, so if I were you I would make some serious noise.

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