ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

No. 91193.

705 So.2d 1351 (1998)

ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION: Unifies Marine Fisheries and Game and Fresh Water Fish Commissions.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Presentor.

Richard L. Blaylock and David G. Guest, EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, Tallahassee, on behalf of Florida Wildlife Federation, Florida Audubon Society, Florida League of Anglers, Sierra Club, Florida Chapter, Coastal Conservation Association-Florida, and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee; Curt Kiser, Fish and Wildlife, Tallahassee, on behalf of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee; and David Gluckman, Crawfordville, on behalf of Florida League of Anglers, in support of the proposed amendment.

Frank J. Santry and Victoria E. Heuler of Granger, Santry, Mitchell & Heath, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of the Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc., an interested party.


GRIMES, Senior Justice.

The Attorney General has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion as to the validity of an initiative petition submitted by a group called the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee. We have jurisdiction. Art. IV, § 10; art V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. The petition reads as follows:

TITLE: FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION: UNIFIES MARINE FISHERIES AND FRESH WATER FISH COMMISSIONS...

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