Brian, I was one of those in the Cajun Navy saving a couple hundred people on saturday and sunday. You have been mislead by the media. Mr. Perry does not want a fee or to legislate us. He wants to make it so that LEO cannot stop private citizens from rescuing people. He is simply suggesting for some way to have people register well in advance of an event. That way LEO cannot stop them from doing rescues in emergencies. As it stands now, LEO can turn private citizens away once they have taken over a launch point. It happened to people saturday that I saw with my own eyes. Sunday, I had friends turned away from 2 different spots by LEO saying they were not allowed to launch their boat. That is what he wants to prevent. There may be a better way to do it, but he wants to empower more citizens, not regulate them.