This bill, sponsored by Rep Jon Becker and Sen Cheri Jahn and co-sponsored by (drum roll) Rep Jerry Sonnenberg, would remove $5 million annually from the wildlife cash fund (hunting and fishing license revenue and PR-DJ funds) and place it in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, to fund construction of future water storage projects.
Although the bill restricts expenditures that would violate federal law, as written it violates PR and DJ, and would likely result in the loss of an additional $20 million in federal funding each year. The wildlife cash fund is a tempting pot of money for the sticky-fingered legislature. Keep their hands out of it.
Although the bill restricts expenditures that would violate federal law, as written it violates PR and DJ, and would likely result in the loss of an additional $20 million in federal funding each year. The wildlife cash fund is a tempting pot of money for the sticky-fingered legislature. Keep their hands out of it.
