Bill Summary for Bill Number HB10-1250

Date: 04/15/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB10-1250

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion Moved to refer House Bill 10-1250 to the Committee	Pass Without Objection PASS

01:32 PM -- House Bill 10-1250

Senator Hodge, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 10-1250 which appropriates funds from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) for FY 2010-11 for water-related projects and restores funding to the Flood Response Fund. She 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.

01:34 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 and answered questions from the committee.

01:38 PM

Senator Whitehead discussed Amendment L.001 which authorizes three consecutive annual payments of $12 million from Severance Tax Trust Fund, commencing June 30, 201, to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for Colorado's allocation of water in the Animas-La Plata Project (Attachment A). He discussed the importance of this project to Southwest Colorado and the State of Colorado. He also explained that any water not purchased by the state would revert to the tribes.

01:43 PM

Ms. Gimbel spoke in support of Amendment L. 001 and discussed who would benefit from the water allocation and how the CWCB would allocate this water.

01:49 PM -- Doug Kemper, Colorado Water Congress, spoke in support of the bill and amendment L.001.


BILL:	HB10-1250
TIME:	01:50:30 PM
MOVED:	Hodge
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy
	Gibbs	Excused
	Harvey
	Kester
	Schwartz
	Whitehead
	Hodge

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB10-1250
TIME:	01:50:50 PM
MOVED:	Hodge
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 10-1250 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Excused
	Gibbs	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes
	Whitehead	Yes
	Hodge	Yes

Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS