Bill Summary for Bill Number HB09-1051

Date: 01/28/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1051

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment G ). The commit Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment I ). A substit Moved amendment L.003 (Attachment J ). The motion Moved substitute amendment L.004 (Attachment K ). The motion passed Moved to refer House Bill 09-105	PASS TIE PASS PASS PASS

02:56 PM -- House Bill 09-1051

Representative Baumgardner, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 1151 concerning the use of federal mineral lease revenues to pay for construction projects in areas impacted by production of energy resources. The bill requires the federal mineral lease revenues that are currently distributed to local governments by the executive director of the department of local affairs through grants to be instead used to pay for recommended roadway and bridge construction projects. The bill also requires the executive director and the transportation commission to develop a prioritized list of road and bridge construction projects. Representative Baumgardner also described a strike below amendment (Attachment G)and the differences between this amendment and the introduced bill.

03:00 PM -- Kevin Bommer, Colorado Municipal League (CML), testified against the introduced version of the bill because the CML opposes creating preferences in statute that direct grant dollars be focused in one area. He also indicated that the CML does not support the strike below amendment. He distributed a handout (Attachment H) which describes how federal mineral lease revenues are currently allocated. Mr. Bommer described the impact that Senate Bill 08-218 had in changing the distribution of Federal Mineral Lease revenues and indicated that these revisions were the result of a lot of hard work and took into account the interests of a variety of stakeholders. Mr. Bommer said that the most injured party as a result of the strike below would be higher education. He ended by saying that the CML could not support this bill in light of their previous work and support of Senate Bill 08-218. Mr. Bommer answered questions from the committee.

03:08 PM

Amendments L.002 (Attachment I) and L.003 (Attachment J) were distributed to the committee for later consideration.

03:11 PM -- Bruce Eisenhauer, Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), testified against the bill. He described how funding is currently distributed through grant programs and explained how the competitive grant programs are administered through DOLA and the requirements for grant applicants. Mr. Eisenhauer testified that this bill would erode funds available to the grant programs. He explained that DOLA was part of the negotiations for Senate Bill 08-218 and that DOLA did not want to be part of upsetting the work and progress that was made through this previous bill. He answered questions from the committee concerning the differences in grant criteria for western slope communities.

03:23 PM -- Aaron Diaz, Director of the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified in support of the bill with the strike below amendment, L. 001. He described a socioeconomic study that showed that Moffat County will double in size in the next 26 years and that there will be a $300 million dollar shortfall in capital fund dollars that can be used to mitigate the impacts of this projected growth. He explained that the bill with the amendment would provide more flexibility for using federal mineral lease revenue and would be beneficial for the region. Mr. Diaz answered questions from the committee regarding production or development impact fees assessed to counties in the region.

03:26 PM -- Mike Braaten, Government Affairs and Energy Coordinator with the City of Rifle, spoke about the bill with the strike below amendment, L. 001, and amendment L.003. He indicated that he opposes the strike below without the amendment, but with the amendment that he supports it. He explained that the bill with the amendments puts in place the metrics from Senate Bill 08-218 regarding the distribution of funding to counties. The committee discussed Amendment L.003 (Attachment J).

03:30 PM -- Chris Mendez, Colorado Counties, Inc. explained that his organization originally opposed the bill and that he had not had a chance to look at the strike below amendment, L. 001, or to speak to counties about the amendment.


BILL:	HB09-1051
TIME:	03:33:46 PM
MOVED:	McNulty
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment G ). The committee recessed for 5 minutes and reconvened at 3:40PM. Upon reconvening, the motion passed on an 8-4 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Sonnenberg
		VOTE
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	No
	Labuda	No
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	McNulty	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Solano	Excused
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	No
	Fischer	No
	Curry	Yes

Not Final YES: 8 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB09-1051
TIME:	03:41:40 PM
MOVED:	McNulty
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.003 (Attachment J ). The motion passed on a 9-4 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Tipton
		VOTE
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	No
	Labuda	No
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	McNulty	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Solano	No
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Fischer	No
	Curry	Yes

Not Final YES: 9 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB09-1051
TIME:	03:43:09 PM
MOVED:	Pace
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment I ). A substitute amendment, L. 004, was offered. See vote sheet below.
SECONDED:	Gardner C.
		VOTE
	Gardner C.
	Hullinghorst
	Labuda
	Looper
	McKinley
	McNulty
	Pace
	Solano
	Sonnenberg
	Tipton
	Vigil
	Fischer
	Curry

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:	HB09-1051
TIME:	03:45:00 PM
MOVED:	McNulty
MOTION:	Moved substitute amendment L.004 (Attachment K ). Representative Pace indicated that he approved the substitute amendment. The motion passed on an 8-5 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Tipton
		VOTE
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	No
	Labuda	No
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	McNulty	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Solano	No
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	No
	Fischer	No
	Curry	Yes

Not Final YES: 8 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

03:49 PM

Representative Baumgardner provided closing comments. The committee discussed the bill as amended and the previous Senate Bill 08-218. Members discussed their opinions on the bill.


BILL:	HB09-1051
TIME:	03:50:57 PM
MOVED:	Sonnenberg
MOTION:	The motion passed Moved to refer House Bill 09-1051, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on an 8-5 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Gardner C.
		VOTE
	Gardner C.	Yes
	Hullinghorst	No
	Labuda	No
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	McNulty	Yes
	Pace	Yes
	Solano	No
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Tipton	Yes
	Vigil	No
	Fischer	No
	Curry	Yes

Final YES: 8 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

03:58 PM

The committee adjourned.