Amendment No. 935

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 310 First Reprint (BDR 50-1419)

Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend sec. 6, page 2, line 8, by deleting the period and inserting:

"and may designate another person to serve on his behalf.".

Amend sec. 6, page 2, by deleting lines 19 through 24 and inserting:

"3. The members of the commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman by a majority vote. After the initial election, the chairman and vice chairman serve in the office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If a vacancy occurs in the chairmanship or vice chairmanship, the members of the commission shall elect a chairman or vice".

Amend sec. 8, page 3, by deleting lines 6 through 19 and inserting:

"knowledge of the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands;

2. Establish programs to provide information to the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands;

3. Conduct advertising campaigns to promote the livestock industry on grazing lands;

4. Support the responsible control, management or use of grazing lands;

5. Compile information concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands and disseminate that information to each state grazing board;

6. Make determinations concerning the availability of forage on grazing lands; and

7. Take any action it determines is necessary to stabilize the livestock industry on grazing lands.".

Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 21, by deleting "agency or" and inserting "agency,".

Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 22, after "organization" by inserting:

"or any representatives of an industry".

Amend sec. 9, page 3, line 29, by deleting "industry;" and inserting:

"industry on grazing lands;".

Amend sec. 11, pages 3 and 4, by deleting lines 37 through 43 on page 3 and lines 1 through 17 on page 4 and inserting:

"Sec. 11. 1. The commission shall, not later than January 15 of each year, charge and collect from each person who grazed cattle or sheep on grazing lands during the preceding calendar year a fee of 10 cents for each animal unit month that he was authorized by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to use during the immediately preceding year.

2. A person who pays the fee required by this section may, not earlier".

Amend sec. 11, page 4, line 26, by deleting "4." and inserting "3.".

Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 13.5, following sec. 13, to read as follows:

"Sec. 13.5. 1. On or before June 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the director of the department of administration a financial statement setting forth:

(a) The assets and obligations of the commission; and

(b) The amount of the fees, if any:

(1) Collected by the commission pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of this act for the immediately preceding calendar year; and

(2) Refunded by the commission pursuant to that section for that year.

2. On or before July 1 of each year, the governor shall proclaim the percentage of the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 of section 11 of this act for the immediately preceding calendar year that were refunded by the commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 or section 11 of this act. The director of the department of administration shall transmit a copy of the proclamation to the director of the legislative counsel bureau.".

Amend sec. 16, page 5, line 26, by deleting "become" and inserting:

":

1. Become".

Amend sec. 16, page 5, after line 29, by inserting:

"2. Expire by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the rangeland resources commission pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of this act for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year. The commission may continue to operate after December 31 of the year the proclamation is issued to dispose of any property owned by the commission and to take any other action necessary to dissolve the commission, but in no case may the commission charge or collect any fees pursuant to the provisions of sections 2 to 14, inclusive, of this act after the provisions of this act expire by limitation, other than to collect any fees owed for a previous year. If the provisions of this act expire by limitation pursuant to this subsection, the commission shall, as soon as practicable after taking all actions necessary to dissolve the commission, refund any money remaining in the account created by section 12 of this act to each person who paid the fee required by section 11 of this act for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the provisions expire by limitation and who did not receive a refund of that fee pursuant to that section. Each of those persons must be paid a pro rata share of the remaining amount based on the ratio of the number of animal unit months for which he paid the fee to the total fees paid for animal unit months and not refunded.".

Amend the title of the bill by deleting the third line and inserting:

"unit months that are authorized for use on grazing".