Arkansas lawmakers have adjourned this year's session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission. The House failed to approved the appropriation for the commission, which oversees the state's hunting, fishing and conservation programs.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers adjourned this year’s session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission on Thursday, putting the state’s hunting and fishing programs in limbo if the Legislature doesn’t return for a special session by July.
The vote creates uncertainty about whether the 636-employee agency that oversees the state’s hunting, fishing and conversation programs will be able to operate when the fiscal year begins July 1. The commission, which issues hunting and fishing licenses, is primarily funded by a 1/8-cent sales tax approved by Arkansas voters in 1996.
Legislative leaders said they were confident the Game and Fish Commission would not shut down in July and expected its budget to get approved before then. The Legislature can only return if Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls a special session. Spokeswoman Alexa Henning didn’t say whether the governor would call one but said “all options are on the table.”
Commission Chair Stan Jones told lawmakers in a letter that Booth had never requested a raise and that increase was proposed to be “proactive” and remain competitive in case of a future director search. Jones promised lawmakers in a letter that Booth’s salary would not be increased to more than $170,000.“We’re now put in this situation of emotional blackmail,” Republican Rep. Robin Lundstrum said.
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