Bill Summary for Bill Number SB09-158

Date: 02/11/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-158

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Moved a conceptual amendment to require that fundi Moved a conceptual amendment to require the Colora Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-158 to the Committee	Pass Without Objection Pass Without Objection PASS

10:00 AM -- Senate Bill 09-158

Senator Isgar, sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Bill 09-158 that requires the Department of Natural Resources to carry out a study of federal and state landowner conservation programs that offer monetary compensation to landowners who set aside lands or adopt specific land management strategies.

The following persons testified on the bill:

10:04 AM -- Doug Robotham, Assistant Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, described the benefits of incentives for private land conservation programs including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). He also spoke in support of the bill and identified potential amendments to the bill including an exemption from the Colorado Open Records Act (Section 24-72-101, C.R.S., et seq) for certain information collected by the study (Attachment A).

10:14 AM -- Terry Fankhauser, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, described the benefits of CRP and other incentives for private land conservation programs. He also explained that additional federal moneys may become available for private land conservation incentives and he spoke in support of the bill. He also spoke in support of the conceptual amendment proposed by Mr. Robotham.

10:17 AM -- Troy Bredenkamp, Colorado Farm Bureau, described the benefits of incentives for private land conservation programs. He also spoke in support of the bill and the conceptual amendment proposed by Mr. Robotham.


BILL:	SB09-158
TIME:	10:19:35 AM
MOVED:	Isgar
MOTION:	Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-158 to the Committee on Appropriations, as amended. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Gibbs	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Isgar	Yes

Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:	SB09-158
TIME:	10:19:51 AM
MOVED:	Isgar
MOTION:	Moved a conceptual amendment to require the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to consider new federal or state incentive programs and to exempt from the Colorado Open Records Act certain information gathered by the department while conducting the study. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy
	Gibbs
	Harvey
	Kester
	Schwartz
	Hodge
	Isgar

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	SB09-158
TIME:	10:21:20 AM
MOVED:	Harvey
MOTION:	Moved a conceptual amendment to require that funding for the study come from moneys appropriated to the Species Conservation Trust Fund by the General Assembly in 2009. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy
	Gibbs
	Harvey
	Kester
	Schwartz
	Hodge
	Isgar

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection