HOUSE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
       May 5, 2011             HOUSE
       Amended 2nd Reading
                        May 4, 2011First Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 11-0711.01 Kate Meyer           HOUSE BILL 11-1223
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Scott,  Balmer, Baumgardner, Brown, Conti, Kerr J., Ramirez
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 King S., 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
 
 
 
 Appropriations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the composition of the Colorado oil and gas
            conservation commission, and making an appropriation
            in connection therewith.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.  If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            House Bill 07-1341 altered the composition of the Colorado oil
       and gas conservation commission (commission) by:
                 Increasing the size of the commission from 7 to 9 members
                 (adding the executive directors of the departments of public
                 health and environment and natural resources as ex officio
                 voting members);
                 Reducing from 5 to 3 the number of members with
                 substantial experience in the oil and gas industry; and
                 Including a representative of local government.
            The bill restores the commission to its pre-House Bill 07-1341
       composition, and specifies the type of experience required for certain
       industry members.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  34-60-104 (2) (a) (I), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended to read:
            34-60-104.  Oil and gas conservation commission - report -
       publication.  (2) (a) (I)  Effective July 1, 2007 2011, the commission      
       shall consist consists of nine eleven members, seven nine of whom
       shall be are appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and
       two of whom, the executive director of the department of natural
       resources and the executive director of the department of public health
       and environment, shall be are ex officio voting nonvoting members. 
       At least two The governor shall appoint the nine voting members
       in accordance with the following:
            (A)  Geographical representation.  At least three members
       shall be appointed from west of the continental divide, one member
       from the eastern slope, and, to the extent possible, consistent with this
       paragraph (a), the other members shall be appointed taking into account
       the need for geographical representation of other areas of the state with
       high levels of oil and gas activity or employment.  The member
       appointed from the eastern slope and at least one member
       appointed from west of the continental divide must be members
       with substantial experience in the oil and gas industry.
            (B)  Particular qualifications.  Three Five members shall be
       individuals with must have substantial experience in the oil and gas
       industry, and at least two of said three those five members shall must
       have a college degree in petroleum geology or petroleum engineering;
       one member shall be a local government official; one member shall have
       formal training or substantial experience in environmental or wildlife
       protection conservation; one member shall have formal training or
       substantial experience in soil conservation or reclamation; and one
       member shall be actively engaged in agricultural production and also be
       a royalty owner. 
            (C)  Political party affiliation.  Excluding the executive directors
       from consideration, no more than four five members of the commission
       shall be members of the same political party. 
            SECTION 2. Appropriation.  In addition to any other
       appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the oil
       and gas conservation and environmental response fund created in section 
       34-60-122, Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the
       department of natural resources, for allocation to the oil and gas
       conservation commission, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the
       sum of one thousand one hundred eighty-two dollars ($1,182), or so much
       thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.