Date: 09/30/2009

Final
Draft Bill 2

WATER RESOURCES REVIEW COMMITTEE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to amend the Draft Bill 2 to repeal the Wate
Moved to recommend Draft Bill 2, as amended, conce		PASS
PASS



01:59 PM -- Draft Bill 2 - Water Efficiency Grant Program

Draft Bill 2— concerning the Water Efficiency Grant Program— was requested at the August 19 meeting of the Water Resources Review Committee (Attachment P). The Water Efficiency Grant Program is administered by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and is currently scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2012. Draft Bill 2 extends the program indefinitely and authorizes up to $550,000 of annual appropriations from the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund beginning on July 1, 2010. The bill also annually transfers $550,000 from Tier 2 of the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund to the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund beginning on July 1, 2012.

Attachment P.pdf
BILL:Draft Bill 2
TIME: 01:59:44 PM
MOVED:Baumgardner
MOTION:Moved to amend the Draft Bill 2 to repeal the Water Efficiency Grant Program in 2020. The motion passed on a vote of 6 to 3.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Brophy
Yes
Fischer
No
Gardner C.
Excused
McKinley
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
White
Yes
Whitehead
No
Curry
Yes
Hodge
No
Not Final YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:Draft Bill 2
TIME: 02:02:12 PM
MOVED:Schwartz
MOTION:Moved to recommend Draft Bill 2, as amended, concerning the Water Efficiency Grant Program, to Legislative Council This bill extends the program to 2020 and authorizes up to $550,000 of annual appropriations from the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund beginning on July 1, 2010. The bill also annually transfers $550,000 from Tier 2 of the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund to the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund beginning on July 1, 2012. The motion passed on a vote of 9 to 0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Brophy
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Gardner C.
Excused
McKinley
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
White
Yes
Whitehead
Yes
Curry
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




02:03 PM

Senator Whitehead offered to sponsor the bill in the Senate and Representative Baumgardner offered to sponsor the bill in the House. Senators Hodge, Brophy, Schwartz, and White, and Representatives Curry, Baumgardner, Fischer, and McKinley requested to be cosponsors of the bill.

If approved by Legislative Council on November 10, this bill will be introduced as a Senate Bill in the 2010 legislative session and exempt from the sponsor's five-bill limit.