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Amendments for HB08-1346 House Journal, March 13 7 HB08-1346 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to 8 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable 9 recommendation: 10 11 Amend printed bill, page 13, line 12, strike "recreation, streams, and 12 reservoirs" and substitute "all beneficial uses of water". 13 14 Page 14, line 20, strike "and why". 15 16 Page 24, line 12, strike "PROTECT" and substitute "PRESERVE THE 17 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED AS 18 THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, OR ARE 19 CANDIDATE SPECIES OR ARE LIKELY TO BECOME CANDIDATE"; 20 21 line 13, strike "THREATENED AND ENDANGERED". 22 23 Page 25, strike line 8 and substitute the following: 24 25 "completed and shall not be subject to the two-year reserve requirement 26 contained in section 39-29-109 (1) (c) (III) (A), Colorado Revised 27 Statutes."; 28 29 line 15, after "INCLUDE", insert "A FULL EVALUATION OF"; 30 31 after line 16, insert the following: 32 "SECTION 31. Section 7 (1) of chapter 352, Session Laws of 33 Colorado 2007, is amended to read: 34 35 Section 7. Arkansas river basin decision support system 36 feasibility study - appropriation. (1) In addition to any other 37 appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the 38 Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise 39 appropriated, to the department of natural resources, for allocation to the 40 Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 41 2007, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much 42 thereof as may be necessary, for the board to complete a feasibility study 43 for a decision support system in the upper Arkansas river basin. upstream 44 of Pueblo reservoir. The study shall determine the feasibility of 45 developing a decision support system for the upper Arkansas river basin, 46 taking into account the basin-specific needs and water resource 47 challenges and shall identify the scope, functions, and elements of the 48 decision support system as well as the data needs, costs, and schedule to 49 develop the decision support system.". 50 51 Renumber succeeding section accordingly. 52 53 House Journal, April 8 16 Amendment No. 1, Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Report, 17 dated March 12, 2008, and placed in member's bill file; Report also 18 printed in House Journal, March 13, page 844. 19 20 As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the Calendar for Third 21 Reading and Final Passage. 22 Senate Journal, April 23 After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB08-1346 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. Amend reengrossed bill, page 26, after line 9, insert the following: "SECTION 32. The introductory portion to section 2 (1) of House Bill 08-1346, enacted at the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth General Assembly, is amended to read: Section 2. Water project loan authorizations from the severance tax trust fund perpetual base account. (1) Pursuant to section 39-29-109 (1) (a) (I) SECTION 39-29-109 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, the Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to loan moneys from the severance tax trust fund perpetual base account to enable the construction of the following water resources projects with the following priority: SECTION 33. 39-29-109.3 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, as enacted by House Bill 08-1398, enacted at the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth General Assembly, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read: 39-29-109.3. Operational account of the severance tax trust fund - repeal. (2) Subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, if the general assembly chooses not to spend up to one hundred percent of the moneys in the operational account as specified in subsection (1) of this section, the state treasurer shall transfer the following: (i) (I) TO THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CONSTRUCTION FUND CREATED IN SECTION 37-60-121 (1), C.R.S., FOR THE BOARD TO FINANCE A TAMARISK CONTROL COST-SHARING GRANT PROGRAM, FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2008, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. (II) THIS PARAGRAPH (i) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010. SECTION 34. Section 29 (1) and (2) of House Bill 08-1346, enacted at the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth General Assembly, is amended to read: Section 29. Tamarisk control cost-sharing grant program - appropriation. (1) In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the severance tax trust fund operational account not otherwise appropriated, to the department of natural resources, for allocation into the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the board to finance a tamarisk control cost-sharing grant program. (2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed and shall not be subject to the two-year reserve requirement contained in section 39-29-109 (1) (c) (A), Colorado Revised Statutes.COMPLETED. SECTION 35. Effective date. (1) This act shall take effect upon passage; except that: (a) Section 29 of this act shall not take effect if House Bill 08-1398 is enacted at the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth General Assembly and becomes law; (b) Sections 32, 33, and 34 of this act shall take effect only if House Bill 08-1398 is enacted at the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth General Assembly and becomes law.". Renumber succeeding section accordingly. Appropriations Senate Journal, April 29 HB08-1346 by Representative(s) Curry; also Senator(s) Isgar--Concerning the funding of Colorado water conservation board projects, and making appropriations in connection therewith. A majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, Senator Isgar was given permission to offer a Third Reading amendment. Third Reading Amendment No. 1(L.011), by Senator Isgar. Amend rerevised bill, page 27, strike lines 14 through 17 and substitute the following: "appropriated, out of any moneys in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the department of natural resources, for allocation to the Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, the". |