Membership on the Natural Resources Board

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Natural Resources Board (board) consists of seven members nominated by the governor and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed for six-year terms. Current law requires that at least three of the members be from north, and at least three of the members be from south, of a line running east and west through the southern limits of the city of Stevens Point.

This bill requires that, beginning on May 1, 2011, two members of the board must be persons selected from a list of nine names submitted by the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association, the Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association, Inc., and the Safari Club International, Dairyland Chapters of Wisconsin (designated organizations). Beginning on May 1, 2013, three members of the board must be selected from such a list. The list must contain three names submitted by each of these organizations. The bill also provides that, when the governor is required to select a member from the list, the governor may ask that the designated organizations to submit a second list from which to select a member. If the governor requests a second list, the governor must make a selection from the names on that second list.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its authors⁠. 2 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.