House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources (02/24/2010)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Date:	02/24/2010	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:37 PM to 02:25 PM	Baumgardner	X
		Curry	X
Place:	HCR 0107	Gardner C.	X
		Hullinghorst	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Looper	X
	Representative Fischer	McKinley	X
		Ryden	*
This Report was prepared by		Solano	X
	Lauren Ris	Sonnenberg	*
		Tipton	X
		Vigil	X
		Pace	X
		Fischer	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
HB10-1250 HB10-1221		Referred to Appropriations Amended, Referred to Appropriations

01:37 PM -- House Bill 10-1250

Representative Fischer, sponsor, presented HB10-1250. The bill appropriates and transfers funds from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) for FY 2010-11 for certain water-related projects and restores funding to the Flood Response Fund. He explained that the construction fund provides low-interest loans for water projects and that revenues for the revolving loan fund come from interest earned on outstanding loans, the fund's cash balance in the state treasury, and royalty distributions from federal mineral leases.

01:41 PM -- Travis Smith, Colorado Conservation Board Member, spoke in support of the bill. He discussed some of the projects in the bill and the importance of funding these projects.

01:44 PM -- Jennifer Gimbel, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, spoke in support of the bill. She indicated that Colorado Water Congress and Denver Water both support the bill. She described the projects that would be funded in the bill.

01:47 PM

Representative Fischer provided closing comments on the bill.


BILL:	HB10-1250
TIME:	01:48:44 PM
MOVED:	Fischer
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 10-1250 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0.
SECONDED:	Baumgardner
		VOTE
	Baumgardner	Yes
	Curry	Yes
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	Yes
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Ryden	Excused
	Solano	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Fischer	Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:49 PM -- House Bill 10-1221

Representative Curry, sponsor, presented HB10-1221 which extends the River Outfitter Licensing Program until September 1, 2019, as recommended by the Department of Regulatory Agency's 2009 Sunset Review, with some modifications. The committee held a sunset hearing for the River Outfitter Licensing Program on January 19, 2010. Representative Curry discussed the differences between the introduced bill and the sunset review recommendations. She explained amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The committee discussed the fiscal impact of the bill.

02:04 PM -- Brian Tobias, Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), spoke in support of the bill with amendment L.001. He discussed DORA's sunset report on the River Outfitter Licensing Program.

02:05 PM -- Kris Wahlers, Coordinator for the Colorado State Parks River Outfitters Program, spoke is support of the bill. He discussed a recommendation made by DORA that was not included in the introduced bill regarding establishing a separate drift-float guide category to distinguish between fishing guides and whitewater rafting guides. He explained the difficulty in categorizing flat water for fishing guides.

02:14 PM -- Dave Costlow, Colorado River Outfitters Association, spoke in support of the bill. He discussed some of the practices employed by outfitters and the qualifications required to be a guide and guide instructor.


BILL:	HB10-1221
TIME:	02:21:24 PM
MOVED:	Curry
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Looper
		VOTE
	Baumgardner
	Curry
	Gardner C.
	Hullinghorst
	Looper
	McKinley
	Ryden
	Solano
	Sonnenberg
	Tipton
	Vigil
	Pace
	Fischer
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB10-1221
TIME:	02:24:07 PM
MOVED:	Curry
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 10-1221, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:	Looper
		VOTE
	Baumgardner	Yes
	Curry	Yes
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	Yes
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Solano	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Fischer	Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:25 PM

The committee adjourned.