Bill Summary for Bill Number SB10-102

Date: 02/11/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB10-102

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to refer Senate Bill 10-102 to the Committee	PASS

01:34 PM -- Senate Bill 10-102

Senator Gibbs, prime sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Bill 10-102 concerning the certification of users of proscribed fire according to standards established by the Colorado State Forest Service. He also distributed a brochure from the Colorado State Forest Service concerning the use of proscribed fire in Colorado and responded to questions from the committee about potential certification requirements for becoming a prescribed burner (Attachment A).

The following persons testified on the bill:

01:40 PM -- Richard Homann, Colorado State Forest Service, spoke in support of the bill and described the use of prescribed fire to reduce the threat of wildland fires and benefit the forest ecosystem. He also described how prescribed fires are regulated by local and state governments in Colorado (Attachment B).

01:47 PM -- Justin Whitesell, Colorado Prescribed Fire Council, spoke in support of the bill and described the membership of the Colorado Prescribed Fire Council that includes state regulatory agencies, federal, state, and local land management agencies, and other entities. He also explained that persons would not be required to have a prescribed burner certification in order to conduct a prescribed fire in Colorado.

01:51 PM

Senator Gibbs closed his remarks on the bill.


BILL:	SB10-102
TIME:	01:51:59 PM
MOVED:	Gibbs
MOTION:	Moved to refer Senate Bill 10-102 to the Committee of the Whole, without amendment, and with a recommendation that it be added to the consent calendar. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 7 to 0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Gibbs	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes
	Whitehead	Yes
	Hodge	Yes

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

01:52 PM

Senator Schwartz moved to recommend that Senate Bill 10-102 be added to the consent calendar. The motion passed without objection.