Post by locksley on Mar 21, 2010 22:39:13 GMT -6
TWRA QUESTIONS » Care to explain
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Anyone from TWRA care to explain this "sunset" provision on TWRA and TWRC? Is it something to be alarmed about or is it just something that happens every so many years and then gets renews?
news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/4788 _________________________
www.capitol.tn.gov/legislators/
Originally Posted By: BigWes50
Originally Posted By: scn
Originally Posted By: 4onaside
scn, are you, or anyone else in the agency that is a member of this forum, free to speak about the motives (perceived by the agency) behind these events?
I'm not in the "loop" enough to know about the motives for what is going on this session. I am concerned that if enough sportsmen and women don't reach out to their elected legislators that TWRA as you know it will cease to exist in 2011.
Are you serious? that's crazy!
The politicians want to steal our hunting license money to fund OBAMA-care in Tennessee . JUST SAYING.
That is the way I understood it. When I sent my email to Speaker of the House Williams and my Rep., Susan Lynn, I called them out(basically called both of them cowards) for using the most efficent TN agency as a pawn to settle a decision that will improve wildlife in the area of question.
Why not let us discuess this matter some ??
Well she is from MT Juliet Wilson county Tennessee so you guys need to find out the rest of the story.
Was this done because of the Pircy priest WMA mess a year ago?
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Legislation Threatens to ''Sunset'' TWRA Out of Business
Dispute over Norris Lake fishing regulation reaches highest levels
by Richard Simms
posted March 19, 2010
Rep. Susan Lynn (R-Dist. 57) said she asked that the bill to keep TWRA in existence for another four years be removed from a House committee calendar "as a courtesy" to the Speaker of the House and that as the bill sponsor, she is "stuck in the middle" of a dispute between other legislators.
It seems possible that a dispute over a fishing regulation governing one lake threatens the existence of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
that the bill to keep TWRA in existence for another four years be removed from a House committee calendar "as a courtesy" to the Speaker of the House and that as the bill sponsor, she is "stuck in the middle" of a dispute between other legislators.
This week TWRA staff informed its governing board, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission, of legislation that affects the future of the TWRC and the agency.
In Tennessee, every state governmental entity has a statutory termination date, generally referred to as a Sunset Provision. Under the provision every state agency ceases to exist unless their "Sunset date" is extended by Legislators.
On Thursday, March 11, the Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee took action to stop the legislation (HB 2460) that would have given the normal four-year extension TWRA.
chattanoogan.com/articles/article_171487.asp
*HB 2460 by *Lynn ( SB 2424 by *Watson)
Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends wildlife resources commission, June 30, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 70, Chapter 1.
Bill HistoryAmendments on BillVideo Clips
Bill History
Actions Taken on HB2460 Action Date
Taken Off Notice For Cal. in: Calendar & Rules Committee 03/11/2010
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 03/11/2010 03/04/2010
Rec. For Pass. ref. to: Calendar & Rules Committee 02/03/2010
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 02/03/2010 01/27/2010
P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee 01/25/2010
Intro., P1C. 01/12/2010
Filed for intro. 12/11/2009
Actions Taken on SB2424 Action Date
Action Def. in S. Govt. Ops. Comm. to 4/14/2010 03/17/2010
Placed on S. Govt. Ops. Comm. cal. for 03/17/2010 03/11/2010
P2C, ref. to S. Govt. Ops. Comm. 01/25/2010
Intro., P1C. 01/12/2010
Filed for intro. 01/11/2010
wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2460
Well she is from MT Juliet Wilson county Tennessee so you guys need to find out the rest of the story.
susan-lynn.blogspot.com/
Edited by Locksley ( 4 seconds ago) _________________________
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;"The greatest pain a man can suffer is to have knowledge of much, and power over nothing" - Herodotus
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Anyone from TWRA care to explain this "sunset" provision on TWRA and TWRC? Is it something to be alarmed about or is it just something that happens every so many years and then gets renews?
news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/4788 _________________________
scn
8 Point
Cecil, I guess your level of alarm will depend on whether or not you approve of TWRA. Although this is something that happens on a set schedule, it normally is renewed without much discussion. Things are very different this year.
As it stands, it is my understanding that the House has declined to vote on the sunset provision, and that the Senate has rolled the vote to the very last day of the session. That day is normally so hectic it is a real possibility it might not make it to the floor for a vote.
If the agency is not taken off sunset status, starting July 1 of this year it will begin "winding down" and will cease to exist the end of June in 2011 unless something is done in the 2011 legislative session.
As a lifetime hunter and fisherman in TN, I am VERY concerned.
8 Point
Cecil, I guess your level of alarm will depend on whether or not you approve of TWRA. Although this is something that happens on a set schedule, it normally is renewed without much discussion. Things are very different this year.
As it stands, it is my understanding that the House has declined to vote on the sunset provision, and that the Senate has rolled the vote to the very last day of the session. That day is normally so hectic it is a real possibility it might not make it to the floor for a vote.
If the agency is not taken off sunset status, starting July 1 of this year it will begin "winding down" and will cease to exist the end of June in 2011 unless something is done in the 2011 legislative session.
As a lifetime hunter and fisherman in TN, I am VERY concerned.
I don't know much about such things, but I wrote both of my area's legislators to let them know that I'm concerned and to ask for more info.
If you want to write and don't know who your legislators are, go here: Legislator Lookup
If you want to write and don't know who your legislators are, go here: Legislator Lookup
www.capitol.tn.gov/legislators/
scn, are you, or anyone else in the agency that is a member of this forum, free to speak about the motives (perceived by the agency) behind these events?
Originally Posted By: BigWes50
Originally Posted By: scn
Originally Posted By: 4onaside
scn, are you, or anyone else in the agency that is a member of this forum, free to speak about the motives (perceived by the agency) behind these events?
I'm not in the "loop" enough to know about the motives for what is going on this session. I am concerned that if enough sportsmen and women don't reach out to their elected legislators that TWRA as you know it will cease to exist in 2011.
Are you serious? that's crazy!
The politicians want to steal our hunting license money to fund OBAMA-care in Tennessee . JUST SAYING.
So its not a funding issue? Its about a politicians vendetta against TWRA?
That is the way I understood it. When I sent my email to Speaker of the House Williams and my Rep., Susan Lynn, I called them out(basically called both of them cowards) for using the most efficent TN agency as a pawn to settle a decision that will improve wildlife in the area of question.
Why not let us discuess this matter some ??
Well she is from MT Juliet Wilson county Tennessee so you guys need to find out the rest of the story.
Was this done because of the Pircy priest WMA mess a year ago?
. -------------------------------------------------------------
Legislation Threatens to ''Sunset'' TWRA Out of Business
Dispute over Norris Lake fishing regulation reaches highest levels
by Richard Simms
posted March 19, 2010
Rep. Susan Lynn (R-Dist. 57) said she asked that the bill to keep TWRA in existence for another four years be removed from a House committee calendar "as a courtesy" to the Speaker of the House and that as the bill sponsor, she is "stuck in the middle" of a dispute between other legislators.
It seems possible that a dispute over a fishing regulation governing one lake threatens the existence of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
that the bill to keep TWRA in existence for another four years be removed from a House committee calendar "as a courtesy" to the Speaker of the House and that as the bill sponsor, she is "stuck in the middle" of a dispute between other legislators.
This week TWRA staff informed its governing board, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission, of legislation that affects the future of the TWRC and the agency.
In Tennessee, every state governmental entity has a statutory termination date, generally referred to as a Sunset Provision. Under the provision every state agency ceases to exist unless their "Sunset date" is extended by Legislators.
On Thursday, March 11, the Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee took action to stop the legislation (HB 2460) that would have given the normal four-year extension TWRA.
chattanoogan.com/articles/article_171487.asp
*HB 2460 by *Lynn ( SB 2424 by *Watson)
Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends wildlife resources commission, June 30, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 70, Chapter 1.
Bill HistoryAmendments on BillVideo Clips
Bill History
Actions Taken on HB2460 Action Date
Taken Off Notice For Cal. in: Calendar & Rules Committee 03/11/2010
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 03/11/2010 03/04/2010
Rec. For Pass. ref. to: Calendar & Rules Committee 02/03/2010
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 02/03/2010 01/27/2010
P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee 01/25/2010
Intro., P1C. 01/12/2010
Filed for intro. 12/11/2009
Actions Taken on SB2424 Action Date
Action Def. in S. Govt. Ops. Comm. to 4/14/2010 03/17/2010
Placed on S. Govt. Ops. Comm. cal. for 03/17/2010 03/11/2010
P2C, ref. to S. Govt. Ops. Comm. 01/25/2010
Intro., P1C. 01/12/2010
Filed for intro. 01/11/2010
wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2460
Well she is from MT Juliet Wilson county Tennessee so you guys need to find out the rest of the story.
susan-lynn.blogspot.com/
Edited by Locksley ( 4 seconds ago) _________________________
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;"The greatest pain a man can suffer is to have knowledge of much, and power over nothing" - Herodotus