Date: 10/29/2015

Final
Final Action Draft Bill 4 - Transfer Authority to Approve Water Projects

WATER RESOURCES REVIEW COMMITTEE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to recommend Draft Bill 4 concerning transfeTIE



03:26 PM -- Final Action Draft Bill 4

Tom Morris, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed the provisions of Draft Bill 4 concerning transfer of authority to approve water projects to the State Engineer. This draft bill is available on the committee's website www.colorado.gov/lcs/WRRC. He also discussed an amendment to allow the Division of Water Resources to collect fees to pay for review of the permits.

03:34 PM

Greg Sobetski, Legislative Council Staff, discussed the fiscal impact of the bill and the proposed amendment to allow the Division of Water Resources to collect fees to pay for permit reviews. This fiscal note is available on the committee's website www.colorado.gov/lcs/WRRC.

03:32 PM

Senator Sonnenberg moved to amend the draft bill to allow the Division of Water Resources to collect fees to pay for review of the permits (Attachment J). The motion was adopted without objection.

Attachment J.pdfAttachment J.pdf
BILL:Final Action Draft Bill 4 - Transfer Authority to Approve Water Projects to
TIME: 03:44:15 PM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Moved to recommend Draft Bill 4 concerning transfer of authority to approve water projects to the State Engineer, as amended. The motion failed on a 5-5 vote. Pursuant to Section 37-98-103, C.R.S., the committee may report no bill to the Legislative Council, unless a two-thirds majority of the members of the committee (at least 7 members) vote to recommend the bill.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Arndt
No
Baumgardner
Yes
Becker J.
Yes
Coram
Yes
Hodge
No
Jones
No
Mitsch Bush
No
Sonnenberg
Yes
Vigil
No
Roberts
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE