Commission Terms

[melody]

More short-sighted attacks that threaten the long-term viability and effectiveness of sound wildlife management. Reducing the terms of commissioners is nothing more than a back door attempt to manipulate the commissioners into “toeing the line” or risk not being reconfirmed.

HB 828 & HB 798 are on the calendar of the House Game & Fish Committee for April 16, 2013

HB 828 Causer Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for organization of commission by allowing new terms of four years in length with the opportunity for additional terms through reappointment by the Governor and approval of the Senate.

HB 155 Haggerty Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for organization of the PA Game Commission by stating a member of the commission may hold office for not more than two terms of four years each, subject to Senate confirmation pursuant to law for each term. The member may continue to hold office for a period of time not to exceed 12 months or until a successor is appointed and qualified, whichever occurs first. Thereafter, the person would be ineligible to hold that office. (The current term of the members of the Commission is eight years). The time served by a member of the Commission appointed to fill a vacancy would be decreased from four to two years.

HB 798 Heffley Amends Title 30 (Fish) to remove term limits on Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Commissioners and to change the term of office to four years.


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[ridgecommander]

The general assembly confirms each commissioner. If they don't like em, don't confirm em.

[Dutch]

Gene, independent Commisioners are pretty important. With this legislation, they really become political appointees. Like Mel said, toe the line or not.

This is bad legislation, pure and simple

[ridgecommander]

Apr 8, 2013 20:13:08 GMT -5 Dutch said:

Gene, independent Commisioners are pretty important. With this legislation, they really become political appointees. Like Mel said, toe the line or not.

This is bad legislation, pure and simple

It is. Maybe you misunderstood my post or I am misunderstanding yours.

What I am trying to say is that the general assembly already confirms commissioners. Why do they want a bill to limit a term of someone that they confirmed to begin with when the term is limited to 8 years anyways.

Makes no sense other than giving them more pull with the commissioners. A bad idea.

[Dutch]

Makes no sense other than giving them more pull with the commissioners. A bad idea.

I was talking to a former commissioner the other week.

When he came in, he said he was clueless, and wasn't even sure what the job was about.

When he came in, he was one thing, but not long in to it, he changed to another viewpoint once he got an education in how things were.

So, the Senate voted for one thing, and got quite another, and they had no control over him, thankfully, for the next 8 years.

This change in law, will keep the heavy hand of the Senate on our Commissioners, and it will be just another way that wildlife issues will be legislated and micro managed, by the village idiots.

[wentzler]

We've been through this before, too. Seems like, pretty much the rest of never ending story..over and over and...
.....the problem with short terms is; when we get a fairly good one..it takes about six of their eight years to figure out how the whole thing works. The problem with long terms is...when we get a dud...takes eight years to get rid of them. The REALLY BIG problem...is sportsmen generally want and desire one thing...and the overlords something else entirely

[johns]

The senate confirms commissioners, not the general assembly.

[Dutch]

This same bill came up in early 2008. Same crap, just regurgitated.