Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HR142 Compare Versions

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5	5	By Representatives Crawford, Whitt, Blackshear, Mr.Speaker,
6	6	Standridge, Mooney, Bolton, Easterbrook, Stubbs, Jackson,
7	7	Travis, Sells, Baker, Ingram, Stringer, Yarbrough, Colvin,
8	8	Ellis, Rigsby, Hammett, Sorrells, Rehm, Marques, Brown, Smith,
9	9	Whorton, Brinyark, Kirkland
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11	11	First Read: 18-Mar-25
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23	23	HR____ COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPORT FISH
24	24	RESTORATION PROGRAM AS PART OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF
25	25	CONSERVATION FUNDING.
26	26	WHEREAS, more than a century ago, hunters and anglers
27	27	were among the first conservationists who realized America's
28	28	natural resources were in peril and could not sustain
29	29	unregulated harvest and habitat destruction; and
30	30	WHEREAS, sports men and women took it upon themselves
31	31	to support laws that stopped excessive harvesting of fish
32	32	and wildlife; established state agencies to protect fish,
33	33	wildlife, and their habitats; and supported special fishing
34	34	and hunting license fees to help fund the new agencies'
35	35	efforts to provide healthy natural resources for future
36	36	generations; and
37	37	WHEREAS, the House of Representatives then and now
38	38	recognizes that the primary authority to protect and manage
39	39	fish within their state waters resides in state agencies;
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41	41	WHEREAS, upon realizing that license fees alone were
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43	43	populations, anglers supported excise taxes on fishing
44	44	equipment to raise additional funds to support restoration
45	45	and enhancement efforts of the state agencies; and
46	46	WHEREAS, the Sport Fish Restoration Program, which
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76	76	WHEREAS, the Sport Fish Restoration Program, which
77	77	began 75 years ago with the passage of the Federal Aid in
78	78	Sport Fish Restoration Act in 1950, further expanded with
79	79	the Wallop-Breaux amendment to the Sport Fish Restoration
80	80	Act in 1984, is a vital part of conservation funding in the
81	81	United States; and
82	82	WHEREAS, a manufacturer's excise tax on fishing
83	83	equipment, along with an excise tax on motorboat and small
84	84	engine fuels, is mostly distributed back to the states
85	85	through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for fisheries
86	86	conservation, management, and angler and boater access; and
87	87	WHEREAS, this cooperative partnership among the
88	88	sportfishing industry, anglers, boaters, the U.S. Fish and
89	89	Wildlife Service, and state natural resource agencies has
90	90	resulted in the most successful model of fisheries
91	91	management in the world, restoring and enhancing populations
92	92	across the United States and its territories; and
93	93	WHEREAS, since 1939, the combined contribution of the
94	94	Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs and license
95	95	fees to state fish and wildlife agencies exceeds $78
96	96	billion, more than any other single conservation effort in
97	97	American history, which constitutes, collectively, the
98	98	American System of Conservation Funding; now therefore,
99	99	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
100	100	LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That the House of Representatives
101	101	recognizes America's anglers, boaters, the sportfishing
102	102	industry, state fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S.
103	103	Fish and Wildlife Service for their leading role in
104	104	restoring healthy populations of fish and aquatic resources,
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134	134	restoring healthy populations of fish and aquatic resources,
135	135	both game and non-game, to the abundance we see today with
136	136	the help of the Sport Fish Restoration Program, in this the
137	137	75th anniversary year of the program's establishment as part
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139	139	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of this
140	140	resolution be provided to the Alabama Department of
141	141	Conservation & Natural Resources, all Alabama Congressional
142	142	offices, and local, regional, and national media sources so
143	143	that all may know and appreciate the foresight and
144	144	contributions from anglers, the sportfishing industry, state
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146	146	Service on behalf of our nation's fisheries and aquatic
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