STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY THIRD MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 88TH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative David Dill, Chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee, called the twenty third meeting to order at 4:05 p.m., on March 12, 2014, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Dill, Chair
Fischer, Vice Chair
Benson, J.
Cornish
Fabian
Green
Hackbarth
Hansen
Isaacson
Johnson, C.
McNamara
Persell
Uglem
Wagenius
Ward, JoAnn
Yarusso
A quorum was present.
Representative McNamara moved approval of the March 11, 2014, minutes.
MOTION PREVAILED
Chair moved HF 2412 - relating to natural resources; requiring general permit for control of certain cattails – before the committee and recommended it be laid over for inclusion in the Game and Fish bill.
Chair moved
H2412DE2, the delete everything amendment to HF 2412.
MOTION PREVAILED
Lee Frelich, U of M Forest Ecology & Friends of Loring Park, presented information on the bill.
Bob Meier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, commented on the bill.
Chair renewed his motion to lay the bill over for inclusion in the Game and Fish bill.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Hansen moved HF 2804 – relating to natural resources; requiring a native quail recovery plan – and recommended it be laid over for inclusion in the Game and Fish bill.
Bob Meier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Lance Ness, Fish and Wildlife Alliance, commented on the bill.
Representative Hansen renewed his motion to lay the bill over for inclusion in the Game and Fish bill.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Fischer assumed the chair.
Representative Dill moved HF 2733 – relating to natural resources; modifying all-terrain vehicle operating restrictions; providing for certain regulatory efficiencies – before the committee and recommended it be re-referred to Environment, Natural Resources and Agricultural Finance Committee.
Representative Dill moved
H2733DE1, the delete everything amendment to HF 2733.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved
H2733A6 to amend H2733DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Bob Meier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reviewed the bill.
Representative Hackbarth assumed the chair.
Rodman Smith, DNR Enforcement, answered questions from committee members.
Representative Hackbarth moved
H2733A2 to amend H2773DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representtive Hackbarth moved to amend the H2733A2 amendment as follows:
Delete Sec. 7
MOTION PREVAILED
Jonathan Bohn, representing Polaris Industries, answered questions from committee members.
Representative Hansen moved the
H2733A3 amendment to H2773DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved the
H2733A5 amendment to H2773DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Dan Larson, Minnesota Rural Counties Coalition, commented on the amendment.
Representative Hackbarth moved the
H2733A8 amendment to H2773DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved HF 2852 – relating to natural resources; modifying game and fish laws – and recommended it be re-referred to Government Operations Committee.
Representative Dill moved
H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment to HF 2852.
MOTION PREVAILED
Bob Meier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Kathy DonCarlos of the Fish and Wildlife Division of the Department of Natural Resources outlined the information in the bill.
Representative Dill moved to amend the H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment, as follows:
Page 22, line 16 delete the “s” in “designations”
Page 22, line 19 delete “that consists of “Disability” and insert “based on the
following medical conditions:”
Page 22, delete line 20
Page 23, delete lines 1-8 – Section 49.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Hansen moved the
H2852A1 to amend the
H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved the
H2852A4 to amend the H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative McNamara moved to amend the H2852A4 as follows:
Line 6 delete “muzzleloader”
Line 7 delete “muzzleloader”
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved the
H2852A6 to amend the H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Hansen moved the
H2852A8 to amend the H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment.
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Wagenius expressed that language be clarified to preserve the native cattail plants in removal of the narrow-leaved cattail.
Representative Hackbarth moved to amend H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment as follows:
Page 25, line 5 delete “March 14” insert “April 16”
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative McNamara moved to amend H2852DE1, the delete everything amendment as follows:
Page 16, line 24 after “until” insert “1/2 hour after”
MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Dill moved that HF 2852, as amended, be re-referred to the Government Operations Committee.
MOTION PREVAILED
Meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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DAVID DILL, CHAIR
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Joan Harrison, Committee Legislative Assistant