House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources (02/13/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Date:	02/13/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:37 PM to 03:26 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	*
This Report was prepared by		Solano	X
	David Beaujon	White	*
		McKinley	X
		Curry	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
HB06-1210 HB06-1239 HB06-1313		Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to Appropriations

01:39 PM -- House Bill 06-1210

Representative Witwer, sponsor, described the provisions of HB 06-1210 that adds a member to the Colorado Recreational Trails Committee from the State Board of Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO). He also described the provisions of Amendment L. 001 (Attachment A).

The following persons testified on the bill:

01:42 PM -- Larry Kramer, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, spoke in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee regarding compensation for committee members.

01:43 PM -- John Swartout, Director of GOCO, spoke in support of the bill.


BILL:	HB06-1210
TIME:	01:46:39 PM
MOVED:	McFadyen
MOTION:	Moved Amendment L 001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Hodge
		VOTE
	Gallegos
	Gardner
	Harvey
	Hodge
	Hoppe
	McFadyen
	Rose
	Solano
	White
	McKinley
	Curry
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB06-1210
TIME:	01:47:37 PM
MOVED:	Rose
MOTION:	Moved to refer HB 06-1210, as amended, to the Committee of Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:	Solano
		VOTE
	Gallegos	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Yes
	White	Excused
	McKinley	Yes
	Curry	Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB06-1210
TIME:	01:47:37 PM
MOVED:	Rose
MOTION:	Moved to refer HB 06-1210, as amended, to the Committee of Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:	Solano
		VOTE
	Gallegos	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Yes
	White	Excused
	McKinley	Yes
	Curry	Yes



Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:49 PM -- House Bill 06-1239

Representative Hoppe, described the provisions of HB 06-1239 concerning the continuation of the Pesticide Applicator's Act. The bill was recommended by the committee at its January 23, 2006 meeting. The committee also received testimony on the continuation of the act on January 18, 2006.

The following persons testified on the bill:

01:53 PM -- Marvin Miller, Colorado Wildlife Control Operators Association, spoke in support of the continuation of the act and proposed amendments to the bill on Section 9 of the introduced bill (Attachment B).

01:56 PM -- Claude Oleyar, Colorado Wildlife Control Operators Association, spoke in support of the continuation of the act and proposed amendments to Section 9 of the introduced bill (Attachment B).

02:03 PM -- Sheldon Jones, Deputy Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in support of the bill and spoke in opposition to Mr. Miller's and Mr. Oleyar's proposed amendments. He explained that the bill allows the department to address in rule some of Mr. Oleyar's and Mr. Miller's proposed amendment.

02:06 PM -- John Scott, Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in opposition to Mr. Miller's and Oleyar's proposed amendments.

02:16 PM -- Angela Medbery, Colorado Pesticide Network, spoke in support of the bill and commented on enforcement of state and federal pesticide regulations. She also proposed that the sunset date for the act only be extended to five or six years.

02:23 PM -- Kelly Gouge, Green Co, spoke in support of the bill and proposed amendments.

02:29 PM -- Julie Kreps, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, spoke in opposition to proposed amendments to the bill (Attachments C and D).

02:41 PM -- Leonard Felix, Colorado Pesticide Advisory Committee, spoke in support of the bill.

02:45 PM -- Mickie Hackenberger, Colorado Dairy Farmers, spoke in support of the bill.

02:46 PM -- Mr. Jones returned to address proposed amendments.

02:52 PM -- Mr. Scott returned to respond to questions from the committee regarding notification requirements for persons on the pesticide-sensitive persons registry.

02:57 PM -- Mr. Oleyar clarified his proposed amendment to Section 8 of the bill.

03:00 PM

Representative Hoppe closed her remarks on the bill.


BILL:	HB06-1239
TIME:	03:01:01 PM
MOVED:	Hoppe
MOTION:	Moved to refer HB 06-1239 to Committee of the Whole, without amendment. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:	Harvey
		VOTE
	Gallegos	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Excused
	White	Excused
	McKinley	Yes
	Curry	Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

03:03 PM -- House Bill 06-1313

Representative Curry, sponsor, described the provisions of HB 06-1313 concerning the Colorado Water Conservation Board Construction Fund.

The following persons testified on the bill:

03:08 PM -- Rod Kuharich, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), identified projects that would be funded by the bill including weather modification, snow pack and stream flow monitoring, and replenishment of the litigation fund (Attachment E).

03:19 PM -- Sara Duncan, Denver Water Board, Colorado Water Congress, spoke in support of the bill.

03:20 PM -- Chris Treese, Colorado River Water Conservation District, spoke in support of the bill.


BILL:	HB06-1313
TIME:	03:22:21 PM
MOVED:	Rose
MOTION:	Moved to refer HB 06-1313 to the Committee on Appropriations, without amendment. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:	Gallegos
		VOTE
	Gallegos	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Excused
	White	Excused
	McKinley	Yes
	Curry	Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

03:26 PM

The meeting adjourned.