A7B6438EEB44BD94872587F300696D93 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB22-1092

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & WATER
Date Feb 24, 2022
Location HCR 0107

HB22-1092 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment

Attachment A - HB22-1092 Submitted Testimony.pdf

Attachment

Attachment B - HB1092_L.001.pdf

Attachment

Attachment C - HB1092_L.002.pdf

12:11:35 PM

Representative Soper,
bill co-prime, introduced HB22-1092. Under current law, the board
of directors of an irrigation district may only enter into a contract to
commit payments in excess of $500,000 if the contract is first ratified
at a general or special election. This bill permits a board of directors
to enter into any obligation or contract to borrow money, which the irrigation
district may use to issue loans to landowners to make improvements to private
water delivery systems, or for other types of projects that improve water
delivery, drainage, conservation, or efficiencies on landowner property.
The board may not assess district land in order to raise money to issue
the loans; however, the board may use other sources of money to issue loans.
The irrigation districtâs annual appropriation resolution to county commissioners
must include the amounts needed to meet loan obligations and the amounts
payable by landowners to the irrigation district. When assessing land within
an irrigation district, the bill requires that the county assessor apply
the information in the annual appropriation resolution concerning loans
to landowners and assess the additional amount payable for each tract for
which the landowner has received a loan.

12:15:31 PM

Representative Roberts,
bill co-prime, made opening comments on the bill.

12:15:50 PM

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

12:16:10 PM

Mr. Max Schmidt, representing Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, testified in support of the bill. Kirsten Kurath, representing Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, testified in support of the bill.

12:30:56 PM

The witnesses responded to questions from the committee.

12:31:02 PM

Alison Morgan, representing Colorado Bankers Association, testified to amend the bill. Mr. John Lefebvre, representing Colorado County Treasurer's and Public Trustees Association, testified to amend the bill. The witnesses responded to questions from the committee.

Submitted written testimony can be found in Attachment A.

12:34:51 PM

Representative Roberts spoke about L.001 (Attachment B) and L.002 (Attachment C).

12:38:33 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.001
	Moved	Roberts
	Seconded	McLachlan

	Holtorf
	Lindsay	Excused
	Lontine
	McLachlan
	Pelton	Excused
	Roberts
	Titone
	Valdez D.
	Will	Excused
	Catlin
	McCormick	Excused
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

12:39:19 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.002
	Moved	Roberts
	Seconded	McCormick

	Holtorf
	Lindsay	Excused
	Lontine
	McLachlan
	Pelton	Excused
	Roberts
	Titone
	Valdez D.
	Will	Excused
	Catlin
	McCormick
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

12:39:19 PM

Representative Soper and Representative Roberts gave final comments on the bill.

12:40:48 PM

Committee members made comments on the bill.

12:43:39 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 22-1092, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
	Moved	Roberts
	Seconded	McLachlan

	Holtorf	Yes
	Lindsay	Yes
	Lontine	Yes
	McLachlan	Yes
	Pelton	Yes
	Roberts	Yes
	Titone	Yes
	Valdez D.	Yes
	Will	Yes
	Catlin	Yes
	McCormick	Yes
	Final	YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB22-1092 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Colorado General Assembly