DGIF Consolidation (language only)

Item 370 #1h

Language
Page 274, line 28, before "The", insert "A."
Page 274, after line 30, insert:
"B.  The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries shall not consolidate any of its five regions until such time as the agency has completed all details involved with any proposed consolidation of those regions, including where any consolidated regional office would be located, the services that would be provided by each regional office, and the new organization and reporting structure within the agency.  At such time as the department has completed this analysis, the department shall report its findings to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance for approval.  The department shall not implement any consolidation of its existing five regions until its plan for regional consolidation has been approved by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance."

Explanation
(This amendment requires the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to complete planning for the consolidation of its existing five regions into four. No consolidation can be implemented until the House Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources Committee, the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee have approved that plan.)