Date: 02/24/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB10-1250

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 10-1250 to the CommitteePASS



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