Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date: | 10/30/2013 | ATTENDANCE | |
Time: | 11:49 AM to 04:33 PM | Buck | X |
Exum | X | ||
Place: | SCR 356 | Jones | * |
King | X | ||
This Meeting was called to order by | Levy | X | |
Senator Nicholson | Nordberg | X | |
Roberts | * | ||
This Report was prepared by | Tochtrop | X | |
Bo Pogue | Hamner | X | |
Nicholson | X | ||
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call |
Bills Addressed: | Action Taken: | ||
Public Testimony Fire District Consolidation Overview of the International Wildland-urban Code Consideration of Legislation | Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only Legislation Approved |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:31:48 PM | |
MOVED: | Hamner | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 3, concerning the authority of county governments to limit certain forms of fire, and, in connection therewith, permitting county governments to prohibit agricultural burning during periods of high fire danger and to prohibit fireworks activity during the summer season, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 9-1. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 9 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:35:08 PM | |
MOVED: | Levy | |
MOTION: | Conceptually amend Bill 2, page 3, lines 4 and 5, strike the phrase "made by a fire chief, forester, or other person qualified to make such determinations,". The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:35:40 PM | |
MOVED: | Levy | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 2, concerning authorization for certain local governmental entities to cause the removal of trees that pose fire hazards, as amended, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 7-3. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | No | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | No | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 7 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:38:00 PM | |
MOVED: | Hamner | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 4, concerning authorizing the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority to make loans to private entities for purposes of forest health products, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 7-2. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Excused | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | No | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 7 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:39:58 PM | |
MOVED: | Roberts | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 5, concerning changing the wildfire mitigation income tax deduction to the wildfire mitigation income tax credit, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 6-3. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Excused | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | No | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | No | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:41:47 PM | |
MOVED: | Tochtrop | |
MOTION: | Moved to include Bill 7, concerning the payment of death benefits for seasonal wildland firefighters killed in the line of duty, as one of the bills forwarded to the Legislative Council by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The motion passed on a vote of 9-1. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | No | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 9 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 03:59:01 PM | |
MOVED: | Roberts | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 8, concerning the immunity of public agencies against liability arising from the wildfire mitigation activities of insurance companies, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:00:29 PM | |
MOVED: | Hamner | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 9, concerning corrections to statutory provisions relating to the prescribed burning program administered by the Division of Fire Prevention and Control in the Department of Public Safety, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion was withdrawn. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | ||
Exum | ||
Jones | ||
King | ||
Levy | ||
Nordberg | ||
Roberts | ||
Tochtrop | ||
Hamner | ||
Nicholson | ||
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:08:28 PM | |
MOVED: | Roberts | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 10, concerning the creation of the Wildfire Information and Resource Center in the Division of Fire Prevention and Control in the Department of Public Safety, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
131030 AttachD.pdf | ||
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:12:23 PM | |
MOVED: | Jones | |
MOTION: | Approve Amendment #2 (Attachment D) to Bill 6. The motion passed without objection. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | ||
Exum | ||
Jones | ||
King | ||
Levy | ||
Nordberg | ||
Roberts | ||
Tochtrop | ||
Hamner | ||
Nicholson | ||
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:14:03 PM | |
MOVED: | Hamner | |
MOTION: | Conceptually amend Bill 6 to strike the continuous appropriation clause on page 3, lines 25 through 27. The motion failed on a vote of 2-8. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | No | |
Jones | No | |
King | No | |
Levy | No | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | No | |
Tochtrop | No | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | No | |
YES: 2 NO: 8 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:16:39 PM | |
MOVED: | Exum | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 6, concerning a grant program to increase local firefighter safety, as amended, as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:17:44 PM | |
MOVED: | Jones | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 11, concerning the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Firefighting Crew, as one of the measures forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:18:29 PM | |
MOVED: | Roberts | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 12, concerning the Colorado National Guard, and, in connection therewith, honoring Guard members for their firefighting efforts, as one of the measures forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | Yes | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Yes | |
Nordberg | Yes | |
Roberts | Yes | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
BILL: | Consideration of Legislation | |
TIME: | 04:29:47 PM | |
MOVED: | Hamner | |
MOTION: | Include Bill 9 as one of the bills forwarded by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee to the Legislative Council, contingent upon either Bill 2 or Bill 4 not receiving prime sponsorship by the time the Legislative Council takes action on the interim committee bills. The motion passed on a vote of 6-2. | |
SECONDED: | ||
VOTE | ||
Buck | No | |
Exum | Yes | |
Jones | Yes | |
King | Yes | |
Levy | Excused | |
Nordberg | No | |
Roberts | Excused | |
Tochtrop | Yes | |
Hamner | Yes | |
Nicholson | Yes | |
Final YES: 6 NO: 2 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |