2013 Senate Bill 445

Revise invasive species listing authority

Introduced in the Senate

June 20, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35)

To remove the authority of the state Natural Resources Commission (and Department) to prohibit the importation of non-native species, leaving this power in the hands of the legislature, and giving the Department of Agriculture a larger role in recommending species to be banned. The bill would also revise the criteria for such recommendations.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, and Great Lakes