Date: 02/20/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1285

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment C). The motion p
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1285 as amended, to t		Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:56 PM -- House Bill 12-1285

Representative Gerou, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 12-1285, concerning modifications to statutory provisions governing intergovernmental cooperation to address wildland fire mitigation where a municipality owns land inside a county for utility purposes. Representative Gerou discussed the need for intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) between counties and municipalities or utility companies that have property within a county to reduce the fire hazard in these areas. She addressed questions from the committee concerning the use of IGAs to require wildfire mitigation by a city or utility company.


02:02 PM

Peg Ackerman, representing the County Sheriffs of Colorado, testified in support of the bill, and talked about the need for fire mitigation by municipalities that own property outside of their territorial boundaries.


02:03 PM

Andy Karsian, representing Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill and talked about the need for IGAs between municipalities and counties for fire mitigation and talked about past legislation adopted to address this need. Mr. Karsian discussed the need for the bill, and talked about the role of the Colorado Forest Service in establishing IGAs with utility companies and counties for fire mitigation.


02:06 PM

Rich Homann, representing Colorado State University, testified in support of the bill and talked about the role of the Colorado Forest Service in establishing IGAs with utility companies and cities that have property near national forests.
BILL:HB12-1285
TIME: 02:10:24 PM
MOVED:Labuda
MOTION:Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection.

HseLocal0220AttachC.pdf
SECONDED:Gardner B.
VOTE
Balmer
Conti
Fields
Gardner B.
Labuda
Lee
Pace
Soper
Swerdfeger
Szabo
Bradford
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB12-1285
TIME: 02:10:49 PM
MOVED:Balmer
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 12-1285 as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:Swerdfeger
VOTE
Balmer
Yes
Conti
Yes
Fields
Yes
Gardner B.
Yes
Labuda
Yes
Lee
Yes
Pace
Excused
Soper
Yes
Swerdfeger
Yes
Szabo
Yes
Bradford
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



02:11 PM

The committee stood in a brief recess.