This bill can be viewed on the plp2.org website AB 1032

Hi All

From reading the above bill, even though the deletions and additions did not show up on the transfer of the document to this site, PLP board at a meeting last night (Wed. April 11, 2007) have decide that we need to do some lobbying in Sacramento.

It appears that the Bill is an effort of the DFG to circumvent a court order from the Karuk vs. Ca. DFG lawsuit, which put the Ca.DFG in a position of doing an Environmental Impact Statement. By taking the decision making power on river closiers from th DFG Commission and taking that ability on their own to close rivers without the proper procedures and study's required at this time in the Ca. laws. And then forcing the Suction dredger to apply for a permit on those closed rivers from the DFG Commission itself . This could be a very lengthy and expensive process and could possibly put the dredger in a positon to be denied the permit. Therefore taking the miners right to utilize their claim fo rthe pupose of suction dredge mining

PLP Attorney David Young and I will be making a trip to Sacramento to talk to the legislators on the issue of AB 1032. We intend to explain to them the finacial costs that the state could incur over this legislation and the legal ramifications that are attached to such a Bill.

We will be driving up to Sacramento and spending 2 days, the 23rd and 24 of April 2007. At this time we are in a position of having to raise the funds for this action as it is not cheap to make a trip for 2 days and lobbying with an attorney and the cost of expenses for the trip.

If you have not bought raffle tickets for the PLP Spring Raffle, now would be a good time to get them. Or If you feel so moved you can send a donation to PLP Legal Fund at he folowing contacts. Anything that you can help with will be greatly appreciated.

bhwetherby@aol.com Barry Wetherby 818-957-1455
waltw@earthlink.net Walt Wegner

Thank You
Jerry Hobbs jerhobbs2 @aol.com 909-889-3039


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