3DF45B095A553F18872583E70075C2A8 Hearing Summary

Representative McLachlan, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 19-020. The bill requires the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting to study and, if feasible, implement a system to patrol the airspace above a wildland fire. It increases state expenditures in FY 2019-20 and may increase expenditures on an ongoing basis in future years depending on the outcome of the study.

Ben Miller, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control in the Colorado Department of Public Safety, testified in support of the bill.

Kelly Sloan, Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association, testified in support of the bill.

Representative McLachlan made concluding remarks about the bill.