H_SA_2018A 04/18/2018 01:34:24 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS Date 04/18/2018 Attendance Benavidez X Hooton * Humphrey X Leonard X Melton * Weissman X Williams D. X Lontine X Foote X Time 01:34:24 PM to 02:57:44 PM Place LSB A This Meeting was called to order by Foote This Report was prepared by Amanda King Hearing Items Action Taken hSB18-192 Postponed Indefinitely hHB18-1318 Referred to the Committee of the Whole SB18-192 - Postponed Indefinitely Attachment Tag File Name Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/0D16E141A903...$File/18HouseState0418AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 18HouseState0418AttachD.pdf Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/389925275B9D...$File/18HouseState0418AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 18HouseState0418AttachA.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/7E27D6A1F318...$File/18HouseState0418AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 18HouseState0418AttachC.pdf Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2018A/commsumm.nsf/0/A4AFE243904F...$File/18HouseState0418AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 18HouseState0418AttachB.pdf 01:34:53 PM Representative Buck, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 18-192. The bill provides for the compensation of a royalty owner when a local ordinance, resolution, or other policy prohibits the practice of hydraulic fracturing to recover oil and gas within a local government's jurisdiction, or places a moratorium on oil and gas activities. The local government is liable to the mineral interest owner for the value of the mineral interest not received due to the prohibition or moratorium. The bill also requires that a local government that enacts a moratorium on oil and gas activities compensate oil and gas operators, mineral lessees, and royalty owners for all costs, damages, and losses of fair market value associated with the moratorium. 01:37:34 PM Representative Buck answered questions from the committee. 01:38:14 PM Commissioner Jim Zwetzig, Morgan County and Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in opposition to the bill. He provided three handouts to the committee [Attachments A to C]. Commissioner Zwetzig answered questions from the committee. 01:50:46 PM Neil Ray, Colorado Alliance of Mineral and Royalty Owners, testified in support of the bill. He provided a handout to the committee [Attachment D]. Mr. Ray answered questions from the committee. 01:58:28 PM Michael Bellmont, representing himself, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:02:41 PM Jim Cole, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, testified in support of the bill. He answered questions from the committee. 02:06:12 PM Jack Luellen, Colorado Bar Association, testified in opposition to the bill. He answered questions from the committee. 02:15:00 PM Phil Ross, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 02:17:47 PM Mark Ruzzin, Boulder County, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:21:22 PM Sophia Guerro Murphy, Conservation Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:25:17 PM Morgan Cullen, Colorado Municipal League, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:26:46 PM The committee recessed. 02:29:39 PM The committee came back to order. 02:29:51 PM Representative Buck made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 02:39:21 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 18-192 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Williams D. Seconded Humphrey Benavidez No Hooton No Humphrey Yes Leonard Yes Melton No Weissman No Williams D. Yes Lontine No Foote No YES: 3 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 02:39:32 PM Motion Postpone Senate Bill 18-192 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. Moved Melton Seconded Weissman Benavidez Yes Hooton Yes Humphrey No Leonard No Melton Yes Weissman Yes Williams D. No Lontine Yes Foote Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB18-1318 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole 02:39:36 PM Representative Hooton and Representative Hansen, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 18-1318. The bill requires candidates for President and Vice President of the United States to file, at a minimum, copies of their five most recent federal income tax returns and provide written consent for the public disclosure of the returns at least 90 days prior to the presidential election. The Department of State must make the tax returns available on the department's website within seven days of their receipt. If the tax returns and written consent are not provided in a timely manner, the name of the candidate and the name of his or her running mate is not to be printed on the ballot and presidential electors cannot vote for the candidate. 02:45:22 PM Representative Hooton and Representative Hansen answered questions from the committee. 02:50:00 PM Elizabeth Steele, Colorado Common Cause, testified in support of the bill. 02:53:27 PM Representative Hooton and Representative Hansen made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 02:57:22 PM Motion Refer House Bill 18-1318 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Hooton Seconded Lontine Benavidez Yes Hooton Yes Humphrey No Leonard No Melton Yes Weissman Yes Williams D. No Lontine Yes Foote Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 02:57:44 PM Committee Adjourned