Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for House Bill No. 1231

BY: Representatives Lamar, Kinkade

AMEND by deleting Lines 210-229 and further amend by inserting the following language after line 209:

     "SECTION 3. (1) (a) There is established the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, which shall consist of twelve (12) members as follows:

              (i)  The State Forester, who is an ex-officio nonvoting member;

              (ii)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission, who is an ex-officio nonvoting member;

              (iii)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources, who is an ex-officio nonvoting member;

              (iv)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, who is an ex-officio nonvoting member;

              (v)  The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, who is an ex-officio nonvoting member

              (vi) Three (3) members appointed by the Governor; and

              (vii)  Four (4) members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.

     Two (2) of the members to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor shall be appointed only after consideration of recommendations for those appointments made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Lieutenant Governor.

     This board shall not approve any funding to a county, municipality, state agency or nongovernmental entity whereby a voting member of this board is an executive, other employee or is a voting member of a governing board with such county, municipality, state agency or nongovernmental entity."

     Further, amend the title to conform.