Fishbonker
Life Member
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SF 2113 (formerly SSB 3058) was on the Senate floor for debate today. This is the bill for tagging tree stands. There was an amendment offered today, the amendment was ruled out of order, which pretty much means it is non-germane to the bill and was therefore not added to the bill.
I would like you to follow the link, read the amendment (bottom of the split screen, amendment 5027) and tell me if you have the same reaction I did. OK, for those of you who would rather just read the short version, Senator Chelgren of district 47, proposed an amendment very similar to a bill from last year that was defeated regarding NR landowners. I guess my point is even with the funnel date in the rearview mirror amendments like this one can still pop up. As of this writing I don’t know which Senator spoke against this amendment but I think I like him/her. As an aside, Mr. Chelgren won the senate district 47 race in 2010 by 10 votes. District 47 is SE Iowa, I can’t find a current map of the district (they are all of the new districts) but I believe it includes Oskaloosa, Ottumwa and Bloomfield.
Oh yeah, the bill passed with amendment 5017 exempting stands on private lands from the tagging requirements. What is unclear though, to me anyway, is the wording of the amendment says “stands erected or placed by the land owner need not be tagged”. Does that mean if I put a stand on my neighbor’s land, with his permission, that I need to put a tag on the stand because I’m not the landowner?
The bill now goes to the house for action. I believe the house can pass the senate version or come up with their own. If the house version is different than the senate’s version then there will be a committee formed by the house and senate to iron out any differences then re-voted on by both chambers.
SF 2113 (formerly SSB 3058) was on the Senate floor for debate today. This is the bill for tagging tree stands. There was an amendment offered today, the amendment was ruled out of order, which pretty much means it is non-germane to the bill and was therefore not added to the bill.
I would like you to follow the link, read the amendment (bottom of the split screen, amendment 5027) and tell me if you have the same reaction I did. OK, for those of you who would rather just read the short version, Senator Chelgren of district 47, proposed an amendment very similar to a bill from last year that was defeated regarding NR landowners. I guess my point is even with the funnel date in the rearview mirror amendments like this one can still pop up. As of this writing I don’t know which Senator spoke against this amendment but I think I like him/her. As an aside, Mr. Chelgren won the senate district 47 race in 2010 by 10 votes. District 47 is SE Iowa, I can’t find a current map of the district (they are all of the new districts) but I believe it includes Oskaloosa, Ottumwa and Bloomfield.
Oh yeah, the bill passed with amendment 5017 exempting stands on private lands from the tagging requirements. What is unclear though, to me anyway, is the wording of the amendment says “stands erected or placed by the land owner need not be tagged”. Does that mean if I put a stand on my neighbor’s land, with his permission, that I need to put a tag on the stand because I’m not the landowner?
The bill now goes to the house for action. I believe the house can pass the senate version or come up with their own. If the house version is different than the senate’s version then there will be a committee formed by the house and senate to iron out any differences then re-voted on by both chambers.
