SB 5127 has been through the stryker process and appears no better now than when it arrived at the house.
Blake brought out the Striker amendment about noon. Here it is if you wish to read it. In summary it is not acceptable it does exactly what we conveyed to Blake we could not accept. It throws out the existing commission and has the Governor reappoint and transfers most of the policy, allocation and compact powers to the Director seriously changing the rule making and policy power of the commission and the Director would serve at the convience of the governor even though the commission would provide three names for the Governor to pick a Director. At this time our lobbyist is contacting the various committee members. If you reside within any of the HANRC member’s district or you know those who do please take the time to urge them to hold 5127 in the committee. We appear to have substantial support in opposition to this bill in the committee but we should continue to urge the committee members to stand firm in opposition to 5127.
The committee will consider the Striker tomorrow.
Authored by Ed
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