2022_11_15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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CO: Chair, this Cortney— District 8. 1 am just wondering if we can concisely—if it's a word we're looking for that would—that maybe Sylvia can advise on the specific word we need to use in order to get this motion passed in order to move us along—that would be helpful —is that what we're waiting on? I've lost the thread of why we cannot just establish the initial PIG to then proceed—can we do that. AA: Um, I guess, yeah, go ahead Sylvia. SW: Deputy Corporation Counsel Sylvia Wan. So the original motion if my understanding was correct—was that it was a motion for an investigative committee for the legislative session to identify bills that affect hunting, fishing and gathering rights and then once those were identified, Commissioner Duerr has suggested identifying the ones that would have the most interest, so rather than just identifying 100 bills— prioritizing the ones of most interest and providing that to the Commission for further investigation. CO: And just to clarify, we're still in discussion for establishing that. Is that correct?That's what this is about? SW: That is correct because... CO: Are we lacking anything in order to proceed with this initial PIG? SW: With the initial PIG and the initial motion on the floor— no— however there was another amendment that was proffered by Commissioner Leomana Turalde about broadening the PIG to beyond identifying the bills to include just—to reduce the scope or rather expand the scope to just legislature committee to not only identify the bills but to investigate the bills and that's when I had stated that that was too broad and did not provide enough detail as far as scope as is required by the statute. So, from my particular perspective as an attorney looking at the Sunshine Law 92-2.5, 1 think Chairperson's original motion is correct. AG: Austin Griffey— District 6. So, in Leomana's case can we do two legislative—one for investigation and one for action? SW: Yes, but necessarily you would need to have one to follow the other because how can you do actions if you haven't identified the bills yet. So, what I was suggesting is that you have the first initial PIG to identify the bills that the Commission wants to spend time on and then you can set up your second round of PIGGS— PIG or PIGS—one or more groups to look into those specifics and define your scope at that time. If you wanted to make recommendations and draft testimony to be considered by the Commission you can do that too, but you have to identify the bills first. 25