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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uncle Jimbo" data-source="post: 251765" data-attributes="member: 3880">I received one response thus far:"7 states surrounding ND have all lands as closed to hunt without permission, this bill opens all lands unless the landowner should chose to do differently on individual partials.The basics behind SB 2315 have been around for many years and been contentious between landowners and sportsmen.  I do believe that SB 2315, in it’s current amended form, is something that meets all parties concerns in a positive mannerand most I have communicated with seem to concur.  This, as any new law, is not perfect, but I believe it is a good start and together we can build a great product. First off, the current bill has been amended, (see page 3, Section 2, lines 23 thru 31) to list all lands as “open” to hunt, requiring the land owner to do something different if he/she choses to require the hunter to ask permission or totally close a land partial to hunting all together.  The original bill listed everything as “closed” to hunting and this was of concerns from both landowners and hunters. The balance of the bill, 4, 5 and 6, describe various aspects and provide for a Legislative Management study over the 2019-20 interim.  Subsection 6 provides for a Hunters access advisory group. The hunters access advisory group consists of:a.The agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's designee;b.The director or the director's designee; c.The chief information officer or the officer's designee;d.A representative of the North Dakota association of counties;e.Two members of an agriculture committee; and,f. Two members of a sportsmen committee In passing SB 2315, as written and coupled with the legislative study, I believe we can and will enhance landowner/hunter relations as well as provide for a positive, proactive future to our ND Outdoors for generations to come. Please join me in helping to pass SB 2315 and improving it through the study. To read and research SB 2315, go to <a href="http://nd.gov/" target="_blank">nd.gov</a>, then “ND Legislative Branch” website, find the “Send me to bill number (______)”, type in 2315.   It is an easy read, only 6 pages with about 1 ½ pages lined out. Form your opinion and contact me <a href="mailto:btveit@nd.gov">btveit@nd.gov</a> before Thursday, 14 March.Bill Tveit, District 33ND House of Representatives701-870-4014 "</blockquote>

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