Date: 02/25/2013

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB13-075

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 13-075 to the Committee of the WPASS



02:39 PM -- Senate Bill 13-075

Representative Sonnenberg, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 13-075. This reengrossed bill is recommended by the Water Resources Review Committee. Under current law, for each final well permit authorizing the withdrawal of designated groundwater, the state engineer specifies the priority date, location, maximum annual withdrawal volume, maximum pumping rate, and the maximum number of acres irrigated by the well. The bill clarifies that the specified maximums for annual withdrawal volume, pumping rate, and irrigated acreage are not to be reduced due to conservation measures undertaken by the well user. The bill exempts water rights subject to a change in use case.

Representative Sonnenberg answered questions from the committee regarding designated groundwater basins and some of the language in the bill.

BILL:SB13-075
TIME: 02:43:07 PM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 13-075 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0 with three members excused.
SECONDED:Buck
VOTE
Buck
Yes
Coram
Excused
Garcia
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
McLachlan
Excused
McNulty
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Rankin
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Saine
Excused
Sonnenberg
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




02:44 PM

The committee adjourned.