Kentucky
General Assembly

02/12/10	introduced in House
02/17/10	to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
02/18/10	posted in committee
03/04/10	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1) floor amendment (1) filed
03/05/10	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 8, 2010
03/08/10	floor amendments (2) and (3) filed
03/15/10	3rd reading, passed 90-3 with floor amendments (1) and (3)
03/16/10	received in Senate
03/17/10	to Judiciary (S)

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Gooch Jr.
Summary	Change amendment of KRS 235.205 relating to use of sirens, and red, blue, blue and red, and green lights on boats to make technical change; change amendment of KRS 235.990 relating to boating penalties in penalty for failure to show for a trial to change "for cause" to "for good cause"; delete the present Section 94 amending KRS 186.675 as duplicative and replace it with a new section of KRS Chapter 150 requiring that the department promulgate administrative regulations specifying permitted and prohibited uses of department-owned properties including lakes and buffer zones and promulgate administrative regulations for licenses and permits for the use of department-owned properties including but not limited to docks on department-owned lakes.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Fish and Wildlife administrative regulations, local hearings Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Fish and Wildlife offenses, omnibus revision Boats and Boating - Offenses, omnibus revision Crimes and Punishments - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Criminal Procedure - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Fish and Wildlife - Commission members, appointment, qualifications Fish and Wildlife - Wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, certification of, peace officer powers for State Agencies - Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of, commission appointments

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	B. Damron
Summary	Retain most original provisions except, in new section of KRS Chapter 150 require Director of Law Enforcement to meet training requirements, require conservation officers to meet training requirements, grant full peace officer powers to conservation officers; in amendment of KRS 150.010 eliminate provision specifying that an animal born in captivity is not wildlife; in amendment of KRS 150.725 relating to definitions for captive cervids to create new definition relating to animals "in transit" to specify that an in transit animal comes into Kentucky from out of state with the purpose of transporting the animal out of state; amend KRS 150.740 relating to importation of captive cervids to set standards for transportation and require permits for in transit animals; in new section relating to qualifications of Fish and Wildlife Commission members to permit appointment of a member who has not been convicted of a misdemeanor or fine only fish and wildlife offense in Kentucky or in another jurisdiction for fifteen years immediately prior to the appointment; change amendment of KRS 235.205 relating to the use of lights and sirens on boats to make technical change; change amendment of KRS 235.990 relating to boating penalties, in penalty for failure to show for a trial to change "for cause" to "for good cause"; in amendment of KRS 15.380 relating to peace officers who are required to be trained to delete the Director of Law Enforcement at Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; delete present Section 94 amending KRS 186.675 as duplicative and replacing it with a new section of KRS Chapter 150 requiring that the department promulgate administrative regulations specifying permitted and prohibited uses of department-owned properties including lakes and buffer zones and promulgate administrative regulations for licenses and permits for the use of department-owned properties including but not limited to docks on department-owned lakes.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Fish and Wildlife administrative regulations, local hearings Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Fish and Wildlife offenses, omnibus revision Boats and Boating - Offenses, omnibus revision Crimes and Punishments - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Criminal Procedure - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Fish and Wildlife - Commission members, appointment, qualifications Fish and Wildlife - Wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, certification of, peace officer powers for State Agencies - Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of, commission appointments

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	B. Yonts
Summary	Insert new section of KRS Chapter 150 to prohibit the department or any other state agency from interfering with or prohibiting a unit of local government from maintaining the free flow of water in watercourses in the local government's jurisdiction.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Fish and Wildlife administrative regulations, local hearings Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Fish and Wildlife offenses, omnibus revision Boats and Boating - Offenses, omnibus revision Crimes and Punishments - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Criminal Procedure - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Fish and Wildlife - Commission members, appointment, qualifications Fish and Wildlife - Wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, certification of, peace officer powers for State Agencies - Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of, commission appointments

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	B. Damron
Summary	Amend Section 73 to require replacement land to be of at least the same quality for the game hunted and wildlife habitat of the closed land; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to specify that financial records of Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources are public records; require Auditor of Public Accounts to include specified information about Dept. of Fish and Wildlife funds in the statewide single audit of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; specify which moneys shall be held in separate accounts and not commingled with other moneys.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Fish and Wildlife administrative regulations, local hearings Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Fish and Wildlife offenses, omnibus revision Boats and Boating - Offenses, omnibus revision Crimes and Punishments - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Criminal Procedure - Fish and wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Fish and Wildlife - Commission members, appointment, qualifications Fish and Wildlife - Wildlife and boating offenses, omnibus revision Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, certification of, peace officer powers for State Agencies - Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of, commission appointments