§197-2  Animal species advisory commission. 
(a)  There is established within the department an animal species advisory
commission which may serve in an advisory capacity to the board.  The
commission shall consist of thirteen members to be appointed by the governor in
the manner provided in section 26-34.  The chairperson of each aquatic life and
wildlife advisory committee established pursuant to this chapter and three
members of the department designated by the chairperson of the department, one
each from the professional fields of aquatic life, wildlife, and conservation
and resources enforcement shall serve as members of the commission.  Six of the
members shall be scientists in the fields of botany, mammalogy, ichthyology,
entomology, ornithology, and invertebrate zoology.  The commission shall select
its own chairperson.



(b)  The commission may advise the board on
every proposal for the deliberate introduction of aquatic life and wildlife by
the department into any habitat within the State, whether the introduction
proposed is from without the State into the State, or from one area in the
State into another area in the State.



(c)  The commission may also advise the board
on any matter affecting the taking and conservation of aquatic life and
wildlife including proposed rules.  The commission may hear such persons and
acquire such information as it desires and shall communicate its findings and
recommendations to the board. [L 1985, c 74, pt of §1]