Date: 02/18/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1231

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to lay HB 09-123 over until May 9th (this moPASS



01:34 PM -- House Bill 09-1231

Representative Bradford, prime sponsor, presented HB 09-1234 concerning the creation of an Oil Shale Development Task Force. The bill specifies that the task force consist of three individuals appointed by the Governor, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the Senate. The task force is directed to investigate and make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor regarding appropriate development of oil shale in Colorado. Representative Bradford indicated that writing this bill generated a significant amount of controversy and asked the committee to not move this bill forward to allow her time to work on it further over the interim.

The following individuals testified on the bill:

01:46 PM -- Becky Long, Colorado Environmental Coalition, spoke in opposition to the bill. She expressed her concern that the state does not need another task force and that existing agencies are capable of addressing the issues raised in the bill. She answered questions from the committee and indicated that representatives in the environmental community would be willing to discuss this idea over the summer.

01:57 PM -- Amy Mall, National Resources Defense Council, spoke in opposition to the bill. She described the mission of her organization and expressed concern that the task force would not be able to draw meaningful conclusions given the current technology. She indicated willingness to work with the sponsor.


BILL:HB09-1231
TIME: 02:00:30 PM
MOVED:McNulty
MOTION:Moved to lay HB 09-123 over until May 9th (this motion is the equivalent of a motion to postpone indefinitely). The motion passed on an 11-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Gardner C.
VOTE
Gardner C.
Yes
Hullinghorst
Excused
Labuda
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Pace
Yes
Solano
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Tipton
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Curry
Excused
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS