[NFBMT] HB 439 Misrepresentation of Service animal

[BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER]

I meant to say Wednesday, March 27.

 

From: BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER <breslauerj at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:02 AM
To: nfbmt <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Bruce Breslauer, Pres <breslauerj at gmail.com>
Subject: HB 439 Misrepresentation of Service animal

 

Unbeknownst to me, there was a hearing yesterday, March 26, on HB 439, before
the House Appropriations Committee in room 102,about an hour before the Guide
Dog bill was being debated before the House Judiciary Committee in Room 137.
There were no proponents or opponents present.  There were some wording
changes, and an amendment or amendments will need to be drafted and adopted
before the bill can go forward.  Sorry I found out about this afterwards.
They determined that a full time employee was not needed to implement this
bill, so they had to revise the fiscal note and have that printed and signed.
That was done on March 27.  A fiscal note is an educated estimate of how much
it will cost to implement a bill.  Since they wouldn't need to hire a full
time employee, the cost changed.  The bill as amended passed out of the
Appropriations Committee on Thursday, March 27.

 

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Joy Breslauer, First Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

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