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House Agriculture Subcommittee - March 2, 2021 - House Hearing Room 3
A
I
have
one
I'd
like
to
and
just
notice
that
we
have
some
representation
from
real
foot
lake
here
today
with
us,
mr
mike
hayes
and
son.
I
appreciate
you
all
being
here
and
hope
that
you
make
your
way
around
pretty
easily
in
our
building
this
time.
I
think
first
time
you're
here
so
appreciate
you
being
here.
A
D
Mr
chairman
and
committee
house,
bill
586
is
an
initiative
by
tennessee
wastewater
systems.
Tennessee
wastewater
systems
is
a
privately
owned
for
private
community
wastewater
treatment
system
regulated
by
the
tennessee
public
utilities.
Commission,
federal
and
state
law
work
together
to
establish
revolving
loan
funds
for
drinking
water
and
wastewater
systems
constructed
and
in
construction
and
improvements.
D
D
I
carried
a
bill
in
2015
through
the
general
assembly
authorizing
private
water
systems
such
as
tennessee
american
water,
which
operates
in
hamilton
county
the
opportunity
to
apply
to
the
tennessee
department
of
environment
and
conservation
for
a
loan
from
the
state's
drinking
revolving
water,
water
revolving
fund.
So
what
I'm
here
today
is
to
try
to
do
the
same
thing
for
the
wastewater
division
wastewater
folks,
so
it's
basically
allowing
a
private
company
to
apply
for
revolving
state
revolving
loans
for
water.
D
That's
what
we're
trying
to
do
I'll
answer
any
questions,
and-
and
mr
chairman,
I
do
have
an
amendment
to
go
on
this.
If
you
all
accept
it
today
that
I
just
sent
to
you
all
and
only
thing,
it
says,
for
the
purpose
of
this
part,
only
t
deck
wanted
that
in
there
to
make
it
more
plain.
So
we've
agreed
to
allow
that
if
you
want
to
do
it,
if
not,
I
appreciate
you
passing
it
out
today
and
I'll
put
it
on
next
week.
If
that's
whatever
you
want
to
do
so,.
A
A
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
committee
house
bill.
89
is
an
administration
bill
requested
by
the
good
folks
at
environment
and
conservation
to
help
our
local
and
state
and
federal
law
enforcement
agencies
when
needed
to
protect
the
legal
status
of
our
park
rangers
providing
support
outside
state
park
boundaries
currently
park
rangers
are
often
called
upon
to
provide
law
enforcement
assistance
to
law
enforcement
authorities,
often
in
rural
areas.
E
This
assistance
includes
operations
that
park
rangers
are
uniquely
qualified
to
carry
out
such
as
wilderness
rescue
search
and
rescue
swift
water,
rescue
in
support
of
searches
for
fugitives
in
remote
areas.
Roughly
80
percent
of
requests
received
by
park
rangers
for
assistance
from
local
law
enforcement
agencies
are
outside
the
boundaries
of
the
park.
This
also
allows
covers
tdot
criminal,
environmental
investigators
to
provide
support
for
local
local
law
enforcement
agencies
and
specialized
investigations
of
environmental
crimes.
Mr
chairman,
we
need
to
add
an
amendment
also
to
this
bill.
A
E
You're
recognized
sir.
Yes,
thank
you
chairman.
This
amendment
clarifies
that
park
rangers
may
assist
federal
state
officials
in
addition
to
local
officials
outside
the
park
when
requested
to
do
so.
This
amendment
also
removes
the
language
that,
if
the
commissioner
determines
such
assistance
as
necessary,
this
change
is
intended
to
ensure
there
is
no
delay
in
a
rangers
ability
to
respond
in
an
emergency
situation.
In
other
words,
a
park
manager
could
authorize
a
park
ranger
to
assist
in
a
swift
water
rescue.
A
E
F
E
A
A
A
E
C
A
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
of
committee
house,
bill
398
deals
with
water
and
wastewater
authorities
in
wilson.
I'm
sorry
in
in
the
state
of
tennessee.
It
allows
the
authorities
to
increase
their
per
diems
from
a
hundred
dollars
to
a
maximum
of
three
hundred
dollars.
The
bill
is
permissive
and
it
would
put
them
in
line
with
the
utility.
A
A
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
members
of
the
committee
house,
bill
1094
is
a
caption
bill.
I
have
two
amendments
proposed
amendments
before
I
ask
for
motion
and
second
on
those,
my
my
intent
here
is
to
try
to
solve
a
problem
and
I'm
looking
for
this
committee's
input
and
insight.
What's
the
best
way
to
address
an
issue
that
has
arisen
regarding
duck
blind
drawings
in
the
twa
and
the
fish
and
wildlife
commission.
So
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
indicate
committee
that
do
want
a
roll
call
vote,
but
I
don't
want
it
today.
G
A
A
G
Would
just
put
a
it
would
limit,
we
would
use
the
same
duck
blind
drawing
system
for
a
one
year
period
until
this
committee
may
consider
legislation
or
whatever.
So
that's
all
amendment
number
two
would
do
and
it's
only
for
a
one
year
period.
So
if
the
commission
or
however,
it
shakes
out,
decides
to
do
something
different
after
that,
they
could
do
something
different
after
that.
I've.
A
Drafted
code,
four,
zero
one:
we've
got
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
amendment.
Any
discussion
on
amendment
number,
two,
all
in
favor
of
amendment
number,
two
going
on
the
bill
say:
aye
opposed
by
like
sign
the
eyes.
Have
it
amendment
number
two
goes
on
the
bill
so
as
amended,
would
you
just
summarize
what
the
bill
does?
A
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you,
members
of
the
committee,
the
tennessee
fish
and
wildlife
commission
and
twa
have
proposed
amending
the
rules
to
the
duckline
drawing
system,
and
I
understand
the
arguments
that
they
feel
like
that.
This
is
going
to
enlarge
participation
by
a
number
of
other
hunters.
G
I
have
gotten
more
emails
on
this
issue
than
anything
else
in
phone
calls
than
any
other
legislation.
I've
ever
had
they're
almost
uniformly
against,
I
would
say
it's
probably
99
or
95
to
one
or
5
opposed
to
this
provision
as
part
of
the
complaints
by
the
duck
hunters
in
my
district,
they
also
feel
like
that
twa
and
the
file
life
commission
is
not
listening
to
the
voice
of
the
hunters
and
the
people
that
do
the
hunting
and
fishing
so
as
a
way
to
try
to
address
that.
G
Currently,
the
fish
and
wildlife
commission
is
made
up
of
13
members,
they're
all
political
appointees,
and
I
think,
all
of
us
being
up
here,
you
kind
of
know
how
the
political
system
works
and
the
people
that
get
appointed
for
political
purposes
their
constituency
is
the
people
who
appoint
them
politically.
It's
not
necessarily
the
citizens
of
tennessee
who
they're
supposed
to
be
ultimately
servant
servants.
For
so
what
my
bill
does
to
try
to
strike
a
balance
is
that
instead
of,
we
would
still
have
a
13-member
fish
and
wildlife
commission,
but
there
would
be
seven
political
appointments.
G
When
I
drafted
the
first
amendment
on
1094,
I
indicated
that
we
would
try
to
let
the
commission
set
up
rules
on
how
they
want
to
have
these
elections
and
the
intent
on
that
was
to
try
to
give
them
as
much
flexibility
to
do
this.
I'm
sure
you
all
may
have
seen
the
physical
note
on
this.
It's
indicating
it's
going
to
cost
him
about
a
million
dollars
of
funds.
To
do
this,
I
was
kind
of
a
little
bit
floored
and
taken
aback
by
that.
G
I
can't
believe
it
would
cost
a
million
dollars
to
maybe
set
up
a
box
at
every
place
that
sells
licenses
and
for
30
days
people
can
fill
out.
You
only
get
to
vote
once,
but
you
fill
out
your
name
on
the
outside
envelope
and
you
put
your
votes
on
the
inside
envelope
and
put
them
in
the
box
and
t.w
collects
them
after
about
30
days.
G
Takes
them
out,
counts
them
up
and
we
decide.
You're
gonna
have
two
from
east
tennessee,
two
from
west
tennessee
and
two
from
middle
tennessee,
and
they
would
sit
on
the
commission
to
be
a
voice
of
the
people
who
do
the
hunting
and
fishing
in
the
state
and
give
them
a
voice.
So
that
was
the
purpose
of
that
and
then
the
second
amendment
was
to
simply
say,
look,
there's
been
so
much
backlash
and
push
on
this
duck
blind
drawing
system.
Let's
put
it
let's
hold
off
for
a
year.
G
G
I
would
submit
we're
just
moving
the
fish
and
wildlife
commission
just
move
a
little
too
fast,
at
least
for
everybody
in
my
district,
and
I
would
ask
the
committee
to
consider
that
with
that
said,
I
don't
know
if
there's
anybody
that
wanted
to
testify
or
not,
if
they
do.
I
think
maybe
now
might
be
a
good
time
for
that.
Okay,.
A
H
A
G
Well,
that
may
be
your
perspective,
but
right
now,
if
you've
got
13
members
that
are
appointed
in
our
political
appointments,
if
you
add
public
citizens
that
are
elected
just
like
we
get
elected,
I
think
you're,
adding
a
cit
they're
going
to
answer
to
their
constituents.
The
people
who
hold
the
hunting
and
fishing
licenses,
so
I
think
it
might
be
proven
it
may
not
be
the
best
solution.
I
know
there's
talk
of
other
potential
legislation
that
say:
look
we're
kind
of
not
happy
with
the
way
the
fish
and
wildlife
commission's
operated.
G
Maybe
they
ought
to
roll
under
one
of
the
tennessee
agencies
ag
agriculture
agency,
because
there
are
concerns
about
that.
This
was
an
attempt
to
strike,
try
to
strike
a
balance
and
solve
this
issue
that
has
caused
so
much
consternation
with
the
duck
hunters
and
fishermen
in
my
district.
So
I
submit
it
to
you
to
the
honorable
representative
on
that
basis,.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
you
mentioned
a
few
minutes
ago
that
we
could
set
up
a
box
at
every
place
that
sold
license.
How
are
we
gonna
how
we're
gonna
verify
that
that
those
that
are
putting
their
ballots
in
that
box
are
are
due
to
to
do
that?
How
do
we,
how
do
we,
the
integrity
of
it,
I
guess,
is
what
I'm
looking
forward
to
representative.
G
Griffin,
thank
you,
mr
absolutely
chairman
offered.
If
we're
going
to
have
election,
we
want
to
make
sure
they're,
free
and
fair.
It's
my
understanding
that
under
twra
each
license
they
they
issue
is
a
unique.
They
have
a
unique
identifying
number
to
a
license
at
issue,
so
every
tennessee
resident
that
holds
a
license
would
can
be
verified
with
that
unique
number,
and
each
person
would
only
get
to
vote
one
time
if
they
hold
like
a
fishing
license.
A
boating
license
say
a
commercial
fishing
license.
G
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
chairman
halford.
I
would
think
that
what
you
could
have
two
envelopes
you
could
have
an
envelope
and
then
the
ballot
inside
the
envelope
on
the
outside
of
the
envelope,
the
person
writes
their
name
address
and
their
hunting
fishing
license.
Number
twi
would
collect
all
the
envelopes
that
are
put
into
the
ballot
box
at
the
end
of
the
voting
period,
bring
them
back
they're
going
to
match
up
people's
name
with
an
address
with
their
identifying
number.
G
Two
out
of
the
three
people
that
have
put
their
name
in
and
the
people
that
wanted
to
qualify
would
have
to
submit
their
names
meet
the
qualifications
that
the
commission
would
come
up
with.
So
that
was
sort
of
my
thinking
and
I
would
think
we
might
be
able
to
do
that
a
little
cheaper
than
a
million
dollars
a
year.
So.
B
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
that
question
that
that's
a
legitimate
concern
and
that's
why
I
think
we
made
restrictions
on
who's
going
to
be
a
qualified
candidate
has
to
held
a
twi
license
for
10
years
or
more
or
something
like
that,
and
and
that's
those
are
sort
of
the
issues
that
I
was
hoping
this
committee
might
be
able
to
think
about,
because
we've
got
some
smart
folks
up
here.
I
appreciate
the
honor
of
serving
with
each
and
every
one
of
you
all
and
see.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'm
glad
you
raised
that
point
that
reminded
me
it's
that
was
my
understanding
and
part
of
the
concern
from
folks
with
the
commission
is
the
expense
that
might
be
doing
it.
Maybe
a
better
way
to
do.
It
would
be
to
coordinate
election
for
these
twa
commission
elected
people
to
coordinate
through
that
through
our
august
election
system,
that
we
normally
have
every
two
years
or
something
like
that,
so
it
might
reduce
the
expense
and
the
burden
that
the
fish
and
wildlife
commission
twa
would
have
to
go
through.
G
That's
one
of
those
issues
that
I
sort
of
defer
to
the
committee
if
they
think,
if
we're
going
to
have
it
if
we're
good
with
the
contract,
what's
the
best
way
to
to
to
make
this
implement
this
concept?
Is
it
to
have
elections
through
our
county
elections
every
august,
every
two
years
in
august,
or
something
like
that
so
or
have
it?
Do
it
separately,
or
they
just
put
it
in
a
box
or
something
like
that?
G
So
that's
a
that's
sort
of
why
I
wanted
to
defer
this,
and
I
don't
know
if
anyone
had
asked
to
testify
on
this.
If
they
have
not-
and
I
would
at
this
point
unless
there's
other
questions-
move
that
I'd
be
allowed
to
roll
this
bill
two
three
weeks
and
let
let
me
get
with
the
members
and
see
see
if
I
can
work
out
any
issues
with
the
bill
and
we.
B
B
G
That's
exactly
my
10.
look.
Everybody
can
come
up
with
an
idea,
but
that
may
not
be
the
best
idea.
We've
got
so
many
smart
people
up
here
if
we
sit
down
and
think
about
this,
if
we're
good
with
a
concept,
what's
the
best
way
to
implement
that
concept,
and
so
that
was
the
intent
to
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
thank
everybody
on
the
committee
and
with
the
committee
and
the
chairman's
may
I
make.
A
B
A
A
Signal
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
amendment,
I'm
looking
for
the
number.
This
amendment
number
one
drafting
code:
three,
nine,
seven:
zero.
Yes,
sir
okay,
so
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
and
in
any
discussion
without
objection,
we'll
vote
on
amendment
number,
one
all
in
favor
say
aye
all
opposed.
No
the
eyes
have
it.
Amendment
number
one
goes
on
house
bill.
A
C
Thank
you
chairman,
so
house,
bill
667
is
the
commercial
property
assessed
clean
energy
bill
pace?
Financing
is
a
property
says
clean
energy
is
an
innovative
financing
tool
that
allows
for
economic
development.
It
requires
a
statewide
authorization
for
municipalities
to
opt
in,
and
so
there's
there's
no
mandate
and
any
local
municipality
will
choose
to
opt
in
if
they
if
they
would
like,
and
this
bill
just
makes
that
a
possibility.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
believe
this
this
concept
has
been
around
for
quite
a
while
and
and
I've
had
some
trouble
coming
to
agreement
with
it,
but
I
I've
been
my.
My
concern
was
that
that
the
city
or
the
county
that
participated
might
have
some
liability
there
that
undo
liability.
So
I'm
satisfied
now
that
that
that's
not
the
case
and-
and
I
I
believe
this
is
a
good
bill
to
get
derelict
property
back
on
the
tax
rolls
and
some
other
things.
A
A
B
Current
law
places
the
responsibility
of
enforcement
with
the
courts
and
district
attorneys,
while
this
bill
places
a
responsibility
with
the
department
to
enforce
civil
liberty,
civil
penalties
and
suspending
or
revoking
license
under
the
uapa.
This
bill
deletes
the
repealer
section
of
the
produce
safety
act.
Otherwise
it
will
end
july.
The
1st
2021.
A
I
F
B
H
A
They're
still
full
they're,
still
full
committee.
We
have
house
bill
322
by
representative
hodges
that
has
been
rolled
for
two
weeks.
That
was
item
number.
Seven
next
item
on
our
calendar
is
item
number
nine
house
bill
764
by
leader
gantt.
Do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second?
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second,
oh
representative,
hicks.
I'm
sorry
is
carrying
this
bill
house
bill.
764,
representative
hicks,
you
are
recognized.
I
This
is
a
pretty
straightforward
administration
bill
from
a
department
of
agriculture
and
I'll
just
read
through
it.
The
original
soil,
soil
conservation
statute
in
tennessee
was
enacted
in
1939
and
has
been
seldom
amended
since
then,
this
bill
repeals
parts,
one
and
three
of
the
soil
conservation
act
and
it
as
it
is
integrated
1939
language.
The
second
section
changes
the
name
of
the
state
soil
conservation
committee
to
the
soil
and
water
conservation,
commission
and
the
name
of
each
soil
conservation
district
to
a
soil
and
water
conservation
district.
I
I
I
As
I
said,
it's
a
pretty
straightforward
bill.
It
sort
of
works
on
how
the
commission
is
elected,
it
sort
of
works
on
how
the
supervisors
are
appointed
and
and
how
they
play
a
role
in
in
helping
our
waters
of
the
state.
So
if
there's
any
major
questions,
john
mclaren
from
the
agriculture
department
is
here
to
answer
those.
A
H
I
H
B
A
A
A
A
A
This
particular
lake
is
special
to
me
because
it's
where
I
learned
to
fly
fish,
I
I
worked
as
a
park
naturalist,
actually
seasonal,
interpretive
specialist
in
the
late
80s
at
cumberland
mountain
state
park
under
manager,
andy
lyon
and
came
to
really
love
that
area
of
our
state.
I
was
grew
up
in
west
tennessee
and
had
never
been
to
east
tennessee
before
taking
that
job.
A
So
I
fell
in
love
with
that
area
and,
like
I
said,
learned
to
fly
fish
from
one
of
the
campers
that
was
staying
in
one
of
the
rustic
cabins
for
a
couple
of
weeks,
and
I
met
a
lot
of
really
neat
folks
at
that
park.
Visitors
and
personnel.
So
I
would
implore
you
to
go
by
there
when
you
have
a
chance,
that's
near
crossville
and
in
our
speaker's
district,
and
it's
just
a
an
absolutely
wonderful
place
that
we
have
to
enjoy
in
our
state.
So
without
objection
we
will
stand
adjourned.