Date: 08/19/2009

Final
Requests for Draft Bills

WATER RESOURCES REVIEW COMMITTEE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to amend Section 37-60-126 (12), C.R.S. (Wat
Moved to amend Section 39-29-109.3 (1), C.R.S. (Ti
PASS
PASS



3:36 PM -- Requests for Draft Bills

Representative Curry explained that Section 37-98-103 (1), C.R.S., prohibits the Water Resources Review Committee from reporting a bill to Legislative Council unless a two-thirds majority of the members (at least 7 members) vote to report the bill. Also, according to the July 14, 2009, memorandum from the Executive Committee of Legislative Council to chairs of interim committees, at least a majority of the interim committee must approve a motion to draft a bill in order for it to be drafted.
BILL:Requests for Draft Bills
TIME: 03:36:30 PM
MOVED:Fischer
MOTION:Moved to amend Section 37-60-126 (12), C.R.S. (Water Efficiency Grant Program). Strike paragraph (c) of subsection (12) and continue the program indefinitely. Also for the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, transfer $550,000 from Tier 2 of the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund to the Water Efficiency Grant Program created in Section 37-60-126 (12), C.R.S. These moneys are to be used for grants to eligible entities and for administration of the program. Under current law, the board is authorized to distribute grants to "covered entities, other state or local governmental entities, and agencies in accordance with its guidelines." The motion passed on a vote of 8-0.

The motion passed on a vote of 8-0. Final action on the draft bills is tentatively scheduled for September 30, 2009, in HCR 0112 in the State Capitol Building.
SECONDED:Schwartz
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Brophy
Excused
Fischer
Yes
Gardner C.
Excused
Hodge
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
White
Yes
Curry
Yes
Whitehead
Yes
Not Final YES: 8 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:Requests for Draft Bills
TIME: 03:45:30 PM
MOVED:Curry
MOTION:Moved to amend Section 39-29-109.3 (1), C.R.S. (Tier 1 of Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account). Add a new paragraph that appropriates to the Division of Water Resources up to 5 percent of the moneys in the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund created in Section 39-29-109 (2) (b). Include paragraphs that identify current recipients of Tier 1 moneys: (a) Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; (b) Colorado Geological Survey; (c) Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety; (d) Colorado Water Conservation Board; (e) Division of Wildlife; and (f) Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Leave blank the percent of the Operational Account moneys to be transferred to these programs. The committee will decide how to reduce these transfers to accommodate the new transfer to the Division of Water Resources.

3) Draft a narrow bill title that precludes amendments to adjust fees collected by the Division of Water Resources.

The motion passed on a vote of 8-0. Final action on the draft bills is tentatively scheduled for September 30, 2009, in HCR 0112 in the State Capitol Building.
SECONDED:Hodge
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Brophy
Excused
Fischer
Yes
Gardner C.
Excused
Hodge
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
White
Yes
Curry
Yes
Whitehead
Yes
Not Final YES: 8 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



3:55 PM

The meeting adjourned. The next meeting of the Water Resources Review Committee is tentatively scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on September 9, 2009, at the Durango Public Library