General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5816 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3543 *03543HB05816ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5816 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3543 *03543HB05816ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EARLIER START TO THE TROUT FISHING SEASON. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For any trout fishing season beginning on or after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall change the opening day of such open season from the third Saturday in April to the first Saturday in April. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To make the state more competitive with surrounding states for sport fishermen. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors: REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.; REP. RILEY, 46th Dist. REP. SEAR, 47th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. Co-Sponsors: REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.; REP. RILEY, 46th Dist. REP. SEAR, 47th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. H.B. 5816