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Article: Vote put off on hunting fee increase.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2005
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Feb. 18--BOISE -- Despite nearly overwhelming support at a two-hour hearing, state lawmakers said Thursday they weren't ready to vote to increase Idaho's hunting and fishing license fees.
"My people have been priced out of hunting and fishing," declared Rep. Lenore Barrett, R-Challis. "They want to know what's being done with the money."
The House Resources Committee voted unanimously to delay a decision on the fee increase until March 1. The committee's vote came just hours after Fish and Game Director Steve Huffaker appealed to legislative budget writers, saying the first fee increase in five years is needed just to keep the department afloat.
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