Date: 04/14/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB10-1398

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 10-1398 to the CommitteePASS



01:38 PM -- House Bill 10-1398

Representative Fischer, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 1398, which appropriates money from both the Operation and Maintenance Account and the Capital Account of the Species Conservation Trust Fund (SCTF) for programs submitted by the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. These programs are designed to conserve native species that are listed as threatened or endangered under state or federal law, are candidate species, or are likely to become candidate species as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The bill also transfers funding between the Capital and the Operation and Maintenance Accounts of the SCTF and transfers funding to these accounts from Tier 2 of the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

The following individuals testified on the bill:

01:43 PM -- Jennifer Gimbel, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, spoke in support of the bill and explained the importance of the Platte River Recovery Program and the Upper Colorado River Recovery Program, both projects funded in the bill. She answered questions from the committee.

01:46 PM -- Jeff Ver Steeg, Colorado Division of Wildlife, spoke in support of the bill and discussed the importance of funding wildlife related projects in the bill and the importance of keeping sage grouse off the federal endangered species list.

01:48 PM -- Diana Orf, Colorado Water Congress, spoke in support of the bill.

01:50 PM -- Julie McKenna, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, spoke in support of the bill and discussed how the projects benefit water providers. She also indicated that Denver Water also supports the bill.

01:51 PM -- Jen Boulton, Colorado Trout Unlimited, spoke in support of the bill.

01:52 PM -- Mikk Anderson, Ducks Unlimited Colorado, spoke in support of the bill. He discussed some of the projects that have been funded in the past from the Species Conservation Trust Fund and how they have benefited wildlife in Colorado.

01:56 PM

Representative Fischer explained that the Colorado River Water Conservation District also supports the bill but could not be here today to testify.
BILL:HB10-1398
TIME: 01:56:31 PM
MOVED:Fischer
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 10-1398 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:Curry
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Curry
Yes
Gardner C.
Yes
Hullinghorst
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Excused
Ryden
Yes
Solano
Excused
Sonnenberg
Excused
Tipton
Yes
Vigil
Excused
Pace
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS