Senate Committee Approves Bills To Let Wildlife Commissions Set Own Fees

The Senate Game and Fisheries Committee Wednesday approved and sent to the Senate Floor two bills to authorize the boards of the Fish and Boat and Game Commissions to adopted their own fees.  The bills include--

-- Senate Bill 30 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) authorizing the Fish and Boat Commission to adopt its own fees (sponsor summary); and

-- Senate Bill 192 (Stefano-R-Fayette) authorizing the Game Commission to adopt its own fees (sponsor summary).

The Senate passed these bills last year, but they got hung up in the House.

The bills now go to the full Senate for action.

Sen. Patrick Stefano (R-Fayette) serves as Majority Chair of the Committee and can be contacted by sending email to: pstefano@pasen.gov and Sen. James Brewster (D-Allegheny) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by sending email to: brewster@pasenate.com.