Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HJ231: Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; public participation when proposing regulations.
WHEREAS, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries conduct, on a two-year cycle, their "periodic regulation review and amendment process"; and
WHEREAS, during this review and amendment process, the Department and the Board address and consider possible amendments to all state regulations governing wildlife, hunting, trapping, fishing, and boating administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; and
WHEREAS, the public's participation in the regulations review process through available public comment opportunities and the public discussion of critical issues related to wildlife, hunting, fishing, or boating are key elements in the development of regulation amendments that reflect changes in wildlife and fisheries resources and recreational boating; and
WHEREAS, there may be additional opportunities for the Board and the Department to obtain comments and recommendations from the various constituent groups regarding both the identification of critical resource management issues and the adoption of wildlife regulations; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries be requested to provide better communication and opportunities for public participation when proposing or changing regulations. Specifically, the Board and Department are requested to take steps to ensure that their interactions with hunters' and sportsmen's organizations are timely and responsive.
The Chairman of the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries shall jointly submit to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems an executive summary and report of its progress in meeting the request of this resolution no later than the first day of the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly. The executive summary and report shall be submitted for publication as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.
WHEREAS, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries conduct, on a two-year cycle, their "periodic regulation review and amendment process"; and
WHEREAS, during this review and amendment process, the Department and the Board address and consider possible amendments to all state regulations governing wildlife, hunting, trapping, fishing, and boating administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; and
WHEREAS, the public's participation in the regulations review process through available public comment opportunities and the public discussion of critical issues related to wildlife, hunting, fishing, or boating are key elements in the development of regulation amendments that reflect changes in wildlife and fisheries resources and recreational boating; and
WHEREAS, there may be additional opportunities for the Board and the Department to obtain comments and recommendations from the various constituent groups regarding both the identification of critical resource management issues and the adoption of wildlife regulations; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries provide more timely, responsive interaction between itself, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and hunters' and sportsmen's organizations when proposing or changing regulations; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates transmit a copy of this resolution to the members of the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries so that they may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter.
Additional Data
Explanation
This is the actual text of the bill — the legislation itself. Generally this is amending existing law, proposing the addition or removal of words from laws that are already on the books.
Words that are highlighted in yellow are
proposed additions, and words that are crossed out in
red are proposed removals.
The numbers with the § symbol before them are references to existing laws, and if you click on them they’ll take you to that part of the law on the state's website.