Kentucky
General Assembly

01/05/10	introduced in Senate
01/06/10	to Natural Resources and Energy (S)
03/04/10	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/05/10	2nd reading, to Rules
03/10/10	recommitted to Natural Resources and Energy (S) reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3rd reading Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (2) received in House
03/15/10	to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
03/18/10	posted in committee
03/19/10	taken from committee 1st reading returned to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
03/22/10	taken from committee 2nd reading returned to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
03/23/10	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
03/24/10	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 25, 2010
03/25/10	floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) filed
03/26/10	3rd reading, passed 86-5 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) received in Senate
03/29/10	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) passed 37-0 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
04/01/10	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
04/13/10	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 158)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions of SB 64; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform an annual audit of the department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; delete ineligibility to serve on the commission if convicted of a Class A misdemeanor; prohibit service on the commission if convicted of a felony; and delete restrictions on duties of conservation officers with respect to enforcement of laws outside the fish and game statutes.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 2
Summary	Retain original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 to require annual audits; require the commission to replace public hunting land when it becomes unavailable for that purpose; require a report on-no-net loss of public hunting lands to the Legislative Research Commission and to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment by October 1 of each year; allow persons to carry firearms on commission-owned or managed land; allow use of firearm for personal protection and prohibit use of firearm on commission land to take an animal in violation of fish and game laws; amend KRS 150.022 to prohibit persons that have committed a felony from serving on the commission; amend KRS 150.150 and KRS 235.330 to require the fish and game fund to maintain separate restricted fund accounts and to prohibit commingling of money in the fund; amend KRS 150.061 to require the department commissioner to be subject to annual review in closed session by the commission and require the commission to approve grant-funded, time-limited positions; amend KRS 150.725 to define the import of captive cervids and to establish a definition for "in transit" of captive cervids; amend KRS 150.740 to provide regulation and permit transport of captive cervids through the state if the final destination is outside of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 150.990 to create tiered penalties for violations of taking wildlife with a firearm during bow season.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain provisions of SB 64/GA; provide that for hunting to be allowed on agency-owned or agency-managed land, that agency, in addition to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, must determine that the land is suitable for hunting; require the department to prescribe a method to allow an applicant for a license required under KRS 150.175 to voluntarily contribute $2.00 at the time of making the application to the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program or other hunter and angler recruitment and retention programs.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	B. Damron
Summary	Retain original provisions; add new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to hold hearings or administrative regulations affecting abutting property owners to department-owned or-controlled property within 10 miles of the property boundary; add a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to provide that the department shall, by administrative regulation, specify permitted and prohibited uses of department property, licenses, and permits for use of department property and buffer areas between department-owned property and adjoining property.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	K. Hall
Summary	Attach the provisions of House Bill 173 to Senate Bill 64/HCS.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	K. Hall
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Environment and Conservation - Conservation officers, enforcement outside of fish and game laws, limitations on Federal Laws and Regulations - License fees, Fish and Game Fund, separate accounts for Fish and Wildlife - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commission, appointments to Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Conservation officers, peace officers, powers and duties, limitation on Police, City and County - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Police, State - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, procedure for Consumer Affairs - Voting, registered motor boats owners, Fish and Wildlife Commission, ineligibility for Confirmation of Appointments - Fish and Wildlife Commission, appointed members, Senate confirmation of Conflict of Interest - Felony and Class A misdemeanor game violations, commission, ineligibility to serve on Contracts - Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, term of employment, contracted term for Crimes and Punishments - Conservation officers, assistance to other law enforcement agencies, limitations on Elections and Voting - Fish and Wildlife Commission, registered motor boat owners, ineligibility to vote for