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

Date: 02/02/2017

Location: SCR 357

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.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.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.