Introduced
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To require the Department of Natural Resources to establish a double-crested cormorant control program, in cooperation with federal authorities. Also, to require the DNR to seek funding from the regional Great Lakes Protection Fund for the state Cormorant Control Fund proposed by House Bill 4614.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one specifying that the regional effort proposed by the bill would have to include urging the Federal government to expand state options for double-crested cormorant control by revising the Federal depredation order, and seek to amend the Migratory Bird Convention with Mexico to designate the double-crested cormorant as a game species.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To require the Department of Natural Resources to establish a double-crested cormorant control program, in cooperation with federal authorities. Also, to require the DNR to seek funding from the regional Great Lakes Protection Fund for the state Cormorant Control Fund proposed by House Bill 4614.
Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)
