Date: 02/25/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1289

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion
Moved to refer House Bill 09-1289, as amended, to 		Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:39 PM -- House Bill 09-1289

Representative Curry, prime sponsor, presented HB 1289 concerning the Species Conservation Trust Fund and approving the species conservation eligibility list. She explained that this bill appropriates money from both the operation and maintenance account and the capital account of the Species Conservation Trust Fund for programs submitted by the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. These programs are designed to conserve native species listed under state or federal law as threatened or endangered, candidate species, or species likely to become candidate species as determined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Representative Curry answered questions from the committee. A spreadsheet detailing the project eligibility list for the species conservation trust fund was distributed to committee members (Attachment A).

090225AttachA.pdf

The following individuals testified:


01:45 PM -- Doug Robothon, Department of Natural Resources, spoke about the bill. He explained some of the projects on the project eligibility spreadsheet, including projects in state parks (Attachment A).

01:50 PM -- Julie McKenna, Northern Colorado Water Conservation District, testified in support of the bill. She explained the need for the Conservation Trust Fund and compared the cost of projects on the list to the costs associated with recovering a species once it is listed as threatened or endangered. She explained that the projects on the list are intended to prevent listing.

BILL:HB09-1289
TIME: 01:54:07 PM
MOVED:Curry
MOTION:Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Looper
VOTE
Gardner C.
Hullinghorst
Labuda
Looper
McKinley
Excused
McNulty
Pace
Solano
Sonnenberg
Tipton
Vigil
Fischer
Curry
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

090225AttachB.pdf

BILL:HB09-1289
TIME: 01:56:01 PM
MOVED:Curry
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 09-1289, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Representative Curry made closing comments and highlighted a study on Gunnison sage grouse included on the project list. She answered questions from the committee.
The motion passed on a 12-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Solano
VOTE
Gardner C.
Yes
Hullinghorst
Yes
Labuda
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Excused
McNulty
Yes
Pace
Yes
Solano
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Tipton
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Curry
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS