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S_AGR_2017A 01/19/2017 Committee Summary

Final

STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING



SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENERGY

Date: 01/19/2017
ATTENDANCE
Time: 01:30 PM to 01:50 PM
Cooke
E
Coram
E
Place: SCR 357
Donovan
X
Fenberg
X
This Meeting was called to order by
Fields
X
Senator Sonnenberg
Garcia
X
Jones
X
This Report was prepared by
Marble
X
David Beaujon
Scott
X
Baumgardner
X
Sonnenberg
X
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
Bills Addressed: Action Taken:
SJM17-001

SB17-026
Favorably Refer to Full Senate

Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar





01:31 PM -- SJM 17-001



Senator Jones and Senator Merrifield, Co-Prime Sponsors, described the provisions of Senate Joint Memorial 17-001 concerning federal funding for wild fires. This memorial, recommended by the Interim Wildfire Matters Review Committee, asks Congress to fund the costs for catastrophic wildfire response outside the normal budgets for federal forest management agencies.



There was not testimony.

BILL: SJM17-001
TIME: 01:33:34 PM
MOVED: Jones
MOTION: Refer SJM17-001, as amended, to the Senate for Final Action, without amendment. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Cooke
Excused
Coram
Yes
Donovan
Yes
Fenberg
Yes
Fields
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Jones
Yes
Marble
Yes
Scott
Yes
Baumgardner
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS







01:35 PM -- SB 17-026



Senator Sonnenberg, Prime Sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Bill 17-026 concerning state statutes related to the State Engineer and the Division of Water Resources in the Department of Natural Resources. This bill, recommended by the interim Water Resources Review Committee, updates statutes related to the State Engineer and the division by removing obsolete provisions and modernizing language.



The following persons testified on the bill:



01:36 PM --
Scott Cuthbertson, Deputy State Engineer, Division of Water Resources, spoke in support of the bill.



01:40 PM -- Robert Longenbaugh, representing himself, spoke in support of the bill and proposed an amendment to address rising ground water in the South Platte Basin.



01:46 PM --
Dianna Orf, Colorado Water Congress, spoke in support of the bill.

BILL: SB17-026
TIME: 01:47:20 PM
MOVED: Scott
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 17-026 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Cooke
Excused
Coram
Yes
Donovan
Yes
Fenberg
Yes
Fields
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Jones
Yes
Marble
Yes
Scott
Yes
Baumgardner
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



01:50 PM



The committee adjourned.




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