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Show Your Representative Speaks i i , " By State Rep. ; John Garr pihi'iii Residents of the Grand County Area: 1 pledged, during nvy campaign, I would attempt at-tempt to Keep my constituents consti-tuents informed as to legislative matters that may be of concern to you throughout the legislative legislat-ive term. This article is the first of a series that will appear with each publication of this newspaper news-paper to Keep you abreast of activities in the House of Representatives and also to solicit your input. As of this date there have been 339 bills pre-filed. pre-filed. In past years there were usually less than 40 pre-filed bills. This indicates a high interest in legislative matters on the part of your legislators legis-lators and concerned citizens, ci-tizens, and will probably give us between 700 and 800 bills to consider before be-fore the session concludes con-cludes in March. Many of these bills we Know little about at this time, but there are several that may be controversial controver-sial and be of particular interest to residents of my legislative district. A brief explanation of the bills follows, and I would appreciate your reaction and position on them: 1. Equal Rights Amendment Am-endment Providing equality equa-lity in all instances for members of both sexes. 2. Increase hunting and fishing license providing license fee increases as follows: Resident combination combi-nation license to $20.00, big game to 7.50, fishing 06-64) to $10.00, small game (16 and up to$6.00, fishing (12-15) to S4.00, small game (12-15) to S3. 00, fishing (65 and over) to $4.(10, trapping to $10.00, guide to $10.00, and falconry to $10.0(1. 3. WorKnuMis Compensation Compen-sation Act Providing for an extension of coverage to agricultural and full time domestic workers. Agricultural workers would be covered if they worked on a regular basis. ba-sis. The definition of regular is not clearly spelled out in the present bill, and several agricultural agri-cultural interest organizations organ-izations indicate they mav attempt to amend the" bill. 4. Agriculture and Wildlife Damage Prevention Pre-vention Act Creating within the department of agriculture an agricultural agricul-tural and wildlife damage prevention board composed com-posed of 13 members appointed ap-pointed by the governor from the following interested inter-ested associations and governmental agencies: Four from the Utah Wool Growers Assn., Two from the I'tah Cattlemen's Cattle-men's Assn., One from the I'tah Turkey Growers Grow-ers Assn., One from the Utah Agricultural Land Owners Assn., One from the Division of Wildlife Resources, One from the United States Forest Service, and One from the United States Bureau of Land Management. The above bill provides pro-vides for 13 members, but only specifies 11, so at this point there is a question as to the total membership of the board. Assuming that many of you have had some exposure to the afore mentioned bills through the media of newspapers, newspap-ers, radio or television, & a a . . . . ' or through various in- terested organizations, I , would appreciated your reactions on the follow- ing issues: Equal Rights Amendment, Hunting and Fishing License Increase, In-crease, Workmens Compensation, Com-pensation, Agriculture and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act. If you have additional comments on the above bills or on other legis- lative matters that you would like to draw my attention to, please list ' them and mail them to me at the following ad-, ad-, dress: Rep. John M. Garr, Box 1009, East Carbon City, Utah 84520. ' After Jan. 13th, please , address any correspondence correspon-dence to me at the State ' Capitol Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. |