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s_agr_2017a_2017-02-02t13:30:13z3 Hearing Summary

Date: 02/02/2017

Location: SCR 357

Final

BILL SUMMARY for SB17-050



SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENERGY


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.002, as amended. The motion pass

Refer Senate Bill 17-050, as amended, to the Commi

This is a conceptual amendment to amend page 2 of


PASS

Pass Without Objection







02:49 PM -- SB 17-050



Senator Cooke, Prime Sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Bill 17-50 concerning the consolidation of Forest Risk & Health Grant Programs and distributed Amendment L.002 (Attachment G). This bill consolidates existing state grant programs related to forest management under the Colorado State Forest Service at Colorado State University and gives it the authority to spend unencumbered balances in certain cash funds. The bill continues until September 1, 2022, and modifies the membership of the Technical Advisory Panel that is scheduled to repeal September 1, 2017.



170202 AttachG.pdf170202 AttachG.pdf



The following persons testified on the bill:



02:52 PM -- Madeline West, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, spoke in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee about the bill. She also identified funding history for the Forest Health Restoration Grant and the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant (Attachment H).



170202 AttachH.pdf170202 AttachH.pdf



02:56 PM --
Mike Lester, State Forester, Colorado State Forest Service, spoke in support of the bill and discussed projects funded by Forest Health Restoration Grant and the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant.



02:59 PM --
Aaron Citron, the Nature Conservancy, spoke in support of the bill.



03:03 PM --
Carl Spaulding, Colorado Timber Association, spoke in support of the bill.



03:06 PM --
Scott Segerstrom, Colorado Youth Corps Association, spoke in support of the bill.



03:09 PM --
Christina Burri, Denver Water, spoke in support of the bill.



03:11 PM --
Mike Morgan, Director, Division of Fire Prevention and Control, spoke in support of the bill.



03:13 PM --
Meghan Dollar, Colorado Municipal League, spoke in support of the bill.



03:14 PM --
Megan Davis, Boulder County, spoke in support of the bill.



03:17 PM --
Kelly Campbell, Property and Casualty Insurance, spoke in support of the bill and Amendment L.002.



03:19 PM --
Gerald Gibbens, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, spoke in support of the bill.



03:22 PM --
Ted Leighty, Colorado Association of Realtors, spoke in support of the bill.



03:23 PM



The chair closed testimony on the bill and Senator Cooke closed his remarks.



03:24 PM



Tom Morris, OLLS, identified a typographical error on page 2 of Amendment L.002. Line 19 of the amendment should apply to page 9, line 25 of the introduced bill.


BILL: SB17-050
TIME: 03:25:05 PM
MOVED: Cooke
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.002, as amended. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Cooke
Coram
Donovan
Fenberg
Fields
Garcia
Jones
Marble
Scott
Baumgardner
Sonnenberg
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:


BILL: SB17-050
TIME: 03:26:04 PM
MOVED: Cooke
MOTION: This is a conceptual amendment to amend page 2 of Amendment L.002, line 19, strike "line 5" and substitute "line 25". The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Cooke
Coram
Donovan
Fenberg
Fields
Garcia
Jones
Marble
Scott
Baumgardner
Sonnenberg
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL: SB17-050
TIME: 03:26:39 PM
MOVED: Cooke
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 17-050, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole, and with a recommendation that it be added to the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Cooke
Yes
Coram
Yes
Donovan
Yes
Fenberg
Yes
Fields
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Jones
Yes
Marble
Yes
Scott
Yes
Baumgardner
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS