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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Allow the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Extend the 2017 Ice Fishing Season’
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the last Whereas paragraph in the last line (page 1, line 9 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "therefore," the following: 'be it'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the emergency preamble and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Authority to extend 2017 ice fishing season. Resolved: That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may adopt emergency rules to extend the 2017 ice fishing season on the inland waters of the State if the extension is warranted due to weather conditions.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that allows the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to adopt emergency rules to extend the 2017 ice fishing season on the inland waters of the State if the extension is warranted due to weather conditions.