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House Journal: Page 1418: Wednesday, April 8, 1998

H-8913

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8847, to House File 2506 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 11 through 18 and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  482.12A  MUSSEL FISHING
 6   MORATORIUM.
 7     The season for taking washboard mussels shall be
 8   closed from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2000."
 9     2.  Page 1, by striking lines 43 through 47 and
10   inserting the following:  "later than January 15,
11   2000.  After June 30, 2000, the department may
12   continue the moratorium for taking washboard mussels
13   or reopen the season if the study data shows a healthy
14   population of washboard mussels that can support a
15   commercial harvest season."
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 31, nays 47.
Amendment H-8913 lost.

Dotzler of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8895, to amendment H-8847, filed by him on
April 3, 1998.
Dotzler of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-8955, to
amendment H-8847, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8955

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8847, to House File 2506 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 38 the
 4   following:
 5     "The department shall establish two study control
 6   refuge areas for mussels along the Mississippi river.
 7   One refuge shall be pool no. 15, which is the region
 8   of the upper Mississippi river system that is
 9   impounded by lock and dam no. 15.  The second refuge
10   shall be a healthy pool of the upper Mississippi river
11   system that is impounded by a lock and dam as
12   determined by the department and the commercial mussel
13   industry.  The refuge areas shall be closed for mussel
14   fishing during the study."
Amendment H-8955 lost.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
to reconsider the vote by which amendment H-8955, to amendment  
H-8847, failed to be adopted.

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