SB 694

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.