Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB05-1259

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes:
Action Taken:
Moved Amendment L. 001. The motion failed on a ro
Moved Amendment L. 002 that amends Amendment L. 00
Moved HB05-1259 to the Committee on Appropriations
Moved to postpone indefinitely HB05-1259. The mot
FAIL
TIE
TIE
PASS
TIE



11:32 AM -- House Bill 05-1259

Representative Penry, sponsor, described the provisions of HB05-1259 that creates the Colorado Roadless Review Task Force and identified the area of the state that would be subject to the review. He also described a federal court decision concerning the 2001 federal rule for the management of roadless areas in U.S. Forest Service lands. He explained that the Bush administration is reviewing this rule and has proposed a change to allow states to petition the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate state-specific rules for managing inventoried roadless areas on National Forest system lands (Attachment C). He also summarized a letter from Mark Rey, Undersecretary of Natural Resources and Environment expressing support for HB05-1259 (Attachment D).

The following persons testified on the bill:

11:41 AM -- Mickie Hackenberger, Colorado Ski Country, spoke in support of the bill.

11:42 AM -- Steve Bonowski, Colorado Republicans for Environmental Protection, spoke in opposition to the bill and described the economic benefits obtained from roadless areas (Attachment E). He also expressed concern about membership of the task force and the time commitment to serve on it.

11:49 AM

Representative Brophy described the provisions of Amendment L. 001 (Attachment F) and Amendment L. 002 (Attachment G) that changes the task force's membership.

11:53 AM -- Vera Smith, Colorado Mountain Club, spoke in opposition to the bill and described her organization's effort to identify roadless areas in Colorado. She summarized comments submitted during the 2001 rule making process and the current rule review process (Attachment H) and expressed concern about the cost of conducting another roadless review process. She also expressed concern about the membership of the Roadless Review Task Force.

12:08 PM -- Kelsey Alexander, Colorado Timber Industry Association, spoke in support of the bill.
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12:12 PM -- Diana Orf, Colorado Mining Association, Arch Coal, spoke in support of the bill and described existing mining operations and leases in Colorado that are within areas designated in 2001 as roadless.
12:12 PM -- Stuart Sanderson, Colorado Mining Association, spoke in support of the bill and described the economic benefit obtained from mining. He also identified Colorado coal mining operations affected by the 2001 rule.

12:19 PM -- Greg Schaefer, Arch Coal, spoke in support of the bill and expressed concern about the information used to designate federal roadless areas in 2001 (Attachment I). He also explained that some areas that were designated as roadless included areas that had mining roads prior to being restored.

12:26 PM

Testimony was closed and Representative Curry described the provisions of Amendment L. 001.


BILL:HB05-1259
TIME: 12:30:51 PM
MOVED:Curry
MOTION:Moved Amendment L. 001. The motion failed on a roll call vote of 3-7.
SECONDED:Brophy
VOTE
Brophy
No
Gallegos
No
Harvey
No
Hodge
No
Hoppe
Yes
McFadyen
No
Penry
Yes
Rose
Excused
Solano
No
McKinley
No
Curry
Yes
Not Final YES: 3 NO: 7 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:HB05-1259
TIME: 12:32:26 PM
MOVED:Brophy
MOTION:Moved Amendment L. 002 that amends Amendment L. 001. The motion failed on a tie vote of 5-5.
SECONDED:Hoppe
VOTE
Brophy
Yes
Gallegos
No
Harvey
Yes
Hodge
No
Hoppe
Yes
McFadyen
No
Penry
Yes
Rose
Excused
Solano
No
McKinley
No
Curry
Yes
Not Final YES: 5 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:HB05-1259
TIME: 12:36:09 PM
MOVED:Penry
MOTION:Moved HB05-1259 to the Committee on Appropriations, without amendment. The motion failed on a tie roll call vote of 5-5.
SECONDED:Hoppe
VOTE
Brophy
Yes
Gallegos
No
Harvey
Yes
Hodge
No
Hoppe
Yes
McFadyen
No
Penry
Yes
Rose
Excused
Solano
No
McKinley
Yes
Curry
No
Not Final YES: 5 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


12:40 PM

The meeting recessed.

BILL:HB05-1259
TIME: 12:40:27 PM
MOVED:Hodge
MOTION:Moved to postpone indefinitely HB05-1259. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 6-4.
SECONDED:Gallegos
VOTE
Brophy
No
Gallegos
Yes
Harvey
No
Hodge
Yes
Hoppe
No
McFadyen
Yes
Penry
No
Rose
Excused
Solano
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Curry
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



12:49 PM

The meeting was adjourned.