Date: 04/07/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB10-1051

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion
Moved to refer House Bill 10-1051, as amended, to 		Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:37 PM -- House Bill 10-1051

Representative Pommer, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 1051. This bill creates a new annual reporting requirement for water providers and expands the elements required in a water efficiency plan. He also discussed amendment L.002 (Attachment A), which strikes everything below Section 1 of the bill and would require the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to adopt guidelines regarding the reporting of water use and conservation data and provide a report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees by February 1, 2019.

100407AttachA.pdf

The following individuals testified on the bill:

01:41 PM -- Chris Piper, Denver Water, spoke in support of Amendment L.002. He explained why water conservation is important for water providers. He also discussed some of Denver Water's conservation efforts. He explained the water reporting requirements in L.002 and discussed the data reporting requirement, what stakeholders should be included, and the data that could be collected over a 2 year period that would be useful and cost effective to report back to the General Assembly. Mr. Piper answered questions from the committee.

01:49 PM

Representative Pommer answered questions from the committee concerning the provision in the bill about public participation and outreach. He also discussed what "covered entities" are on page 1 line 15 of the bill. The committee discussed whether any studies have been done to determine the water storage needs in the state.

01:58 PM -- Jennifer Gimbel, Director of the CWCB, indicated that the Department of Natural Resources supports the bill. She explained what "covered entities" are and how many have approved water conservation plans. She explained that the CWCB would come to the Joint Agriculture Committee and present the guidelines created by the CWCB, as required in amendment L.002. She explained that to be eligible for funding from the CWCB, entities currently are currently required to have approved water conservation plans.

02:07 PM -- Tracy Bouvette, Director of the Great Western Institute, explained the mission of the organization and some of the work he has done on water conservation with the CWCB. He spoke in support of the bill.

02:09 PM -- Shanna Koenig, Northwest Council of Governments Water Quality Committee, discussed some of her concerns with the bill as introduced. She explained that her organization supports amendment L.002 and discussed the need for consistency in comparing water use and conservation.

02:13 PM -- Becky Long, Colorado Environmental Coalition, spoke in support of the bill.

02:14 PM -- Kevin Bommer, Colorado Municipal League, spoke against the bill without amendment L.002. He discussed what he believes is the unfair burden on municipal water users to conserve water. He indicated that his organization supports amendment L.002.
BILL:HB10-1051
TIME: 02:21:50 PM
MOVED:Looper
MOTION:Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Pace
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:HB10-1051
TIME: 02:22:50 PM
MOVED:Solano
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 10-1051, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-1.
SECONDED:Hullinghorst
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Curry
Yes
Gardner C.
Yes
Hullinghorst
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Solano
Yes
Sonnenberg
No
Tipton
Yes
Vigil
Excused
Pace
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS