The 1993 Session of the General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution No. 444 establishing a select committee of the House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to assess the long-range financial status of the Game Protection Fund (see Appendix A). The five-member select committee was to continue the work of the joint subcommittee established in 1990. The joint subcommittee during its three years of deliberations had recommended, and the General Assembly had enacted, such revenue-generating measures as the sale of bonus deer permits, the creation of a general wildlife conservation vehicle license plate, retention by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) of interest earned on the Game Protection Fund, and the establishment of several new licenses. The select committee was to continue to examine ways to provide financial stability to the DGIF including a review of the financial management recommendations of the Auditor of Public Accounts.