Date: 02/11/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1185

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 09-1185 to the CommitteePASS



01:38 PM -- House Bill 09-1185

Representative Tipton, prime sponsor, presented his bill concerning requirements for documents related to water rights applications. He explained that the bill is intended to clean-up statutory language. The bill amends the filing provisions for documents related to water rights applications. It eliminates the provision that requires that water rights applications be filed in quadruplicate. It also amends the provision specifying the reports prepared by the state engineer be transmitted in the mail. Instead, the applications may be sent by other means. It also recognizes the authority of the Colorado Supreme Court to adopt rules for filing and transmittal procedures in water court proceedings. Representative Tipton answered questions from the committee and distributed a fact sheet on the bill (Attachment A).

090211AttachA.pdf

The following individual testified.

01:43 PM -- Justice Gregory Hobbs, Colorado Supreme Court, spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed a rulemaking hearing in December 2008 where the Colorado Supreme Court wanted several issues to be considered by the Supreme Court's standing water committee. The final rulemaking will occur next week. He also explained how water rights applications will be filed. The proposed electronic filing and service rule was distributed to the committee (Attachment B).

090211AttachB.pdf



BILL:HB09-1185
TIME: 01:46:25 PM
MOVED:Tipton
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 09-1185 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 13-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Looper
VOTE
Gardner C.
Yes
Hullinghorst
Yes
Labuda
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Pace
Yes
Solano
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Tipton
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Curry
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS