Bill
Number: H.B. 2342
Pratt Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Permits the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) to impose an additional service fee set by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Rule.
2. Requires AZGFD to deposit monies from service fees into the Game and Fish Fund (Fund).
3. Allows Fund monies to be used to administer the Off-Highway Vehicle User Indicia Program.
4. Makes conforming changes.
Second Regular Session H.B. 2342
PRATT FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2342
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 17-261, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
17-261. Game and fish fund
On or before the fifth day of each month the department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the monies received from section 28‑1177, from licenses, from the sale of goods or services at locations other than at shooting ranges that the commission owns and operates or from any other source under this title in a special fund known as the game and fish fund, which is set aside, appropriated and made available to the commission in carrying out the provisions of this title and in administering the off‑highway vehicle user indicia program pursuant to title 28, chapter 3, article 20, and the monies shall be used for no other purpose. Expenditures of the monies shall be under control of the budget laws of this state and no monies shall be expended from the fund except:
1. By the annual budget and to match federal grants for wildlife restoration as provided for by the legislature.
2. For emergency purposes not to exceed twenty‑five thousand dollars in any one fiscal year when authorized by the governor and the department of administration."
Renumber to conform
Page 5, line 40, after "indicia" insert "and may impose an additional service fee in an amount to be determined by the Arizona game and fish commission by rule. The Arizona game and fish department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the service fees collected pursuant to this subsection in the game and fish fund established by section 17‑261"
Amend title to conform