House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources (03/24/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Date:	03/24/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	12:09 PM to 12:59 PM	Gallegos	X
		Gardner	X
Place:	LSB A	Harvey	X
		Hodge	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Hoppe	X
	Representative Curry	McFadyen	*
		Rose	E
This Report was prepared by		Solano	X
	David Beaujon	White	X
		McKinley	X
		Curry	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB06-037 SB06-194		Witness Testimony Only Referred to the Committee of the Whole

12:10 PM -- Senate Bill 06-037

Representative Curry explained that the committee will not take action on SB 037 concerning recreational in-channel diversions (RICD). Testimony was also taken at the March 22 and March 20 committee meetings.

The following persons testified on the bill:

12:12 PM -- Steve Bushong, Chaffee County, spoke in opposition to the bill and explained that he represented the City of Golden' water rights application for its white water recreation facility on Clear Creek. He described efforts to reach a compromise with opponents of Chaffee County's RICD application and responded to questions from the committee. He also described construction of RICDs to handle high and low flows in a river.

12:40 PM -- Drew Peternell, Colorado Trout Unlimited, spoke in opposition to the Section 3 of the bill concerning the 85 percent threshold for calling for a water right and the water court's retained jurisdiction over RICDs. He also described incidental benefits that are provided by RICDs for fisheries.

12:47 PM -- Jon Khan, representing himself, described the economic benefits provided by RICDs.

12:51 PM

The bill was laid over and tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 3.

12:52 PM -- Senate Bill 06-194

Representative McFadyen, sponsor, described the provisions of SB 06-194 concerning youth hunting licenses.

The following person testified on the bill:

12:57 PM -- Dave Lovell, Division of Wildlife, responded to questions from the committee regarding the bill's fiscal impact that will reduce license fee revenue.


BILL:	SB06-194
TIME:	12:58:04 PM
MOVED:	McFadyen
MOTION:	Moved to refer SB 06-194 to the Committee of the Whole wtihout amendment. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:	Gallegos
		VOTE
	Gallegos	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Harvey	Excused
	Hodge	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Rose	Excused
	Solano	Yes
	White	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Curry	Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:05 PM

The meeting adjourned.