When the watermen’s associations concurredwith the legislation passed last May in House Bill 1372, they might not have realized the eventual financial impact it would have on their members. It has proven to be a $3 million whopper.
Under that bill, Department of Natural Resources’ costs for administration and enforcement would be paid for by the recreational and commercial fishing sectors, each covering its own area.
The recreational sector is composed of more than 300,000 individual anglers who have accepted a number of increases in licensing fees over the last few years. This sector now annually generates more than enough funds to pay for its share of DNR administrative costs in 2013.
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get the over reaching government out of our lives...
Or let the watermen who are paying the freight now determine staffing and pay levels at DNR!
Fees, fines, surcharges, and new taxes. It ain't gonna stop. And they, our slimy "leaders", keep spending. That ain't gonna stop either. Just sit down and shut up. And pay. Or disappear into the system. The government isn't buying billions of rounds of ammo for nothing...
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