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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25

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HCR025..............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
WATER - FISH - WILDLIFE - Stating findings of the Legislature and seeking
congressional reaffirmation of support for state sovereignty over water,
fish and wildlife resources.

03/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/09    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
    Rules susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/17    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
03/18    To enrol
03/19    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23    To Secretary of State

Bill Text

HCR025


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25

                            BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

 1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 2    STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL REAFFIRMATION  OF  SUP-
 3        PORT FOR STATE SOVEREIGNTY OVER WATER AND FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

 4    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 5        WHEREAS,  the  Legislature of the State of Idaho recognizes the vital con-
 6    tributions water, fish and wildlife provide to the state's economic well-being
 7    and to the state's quality of life; and
 8        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho supports the continued mul-
 9    tiple uses of its water for fish and wildlife, hydropower generation,  irriga-
10    tion, transportation, flood control and recreation; and
11        WHEREAS, Congress has historically deferred to state water law; and
12        WHEREAS,  states have traditionally been responsible for the management of
13    their fish and wildlife resources; and
14        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho has  enacted  comprehensive
15    statutory  schemes  for the allocation of water and for the management of fish
16    and wildlife; and
17        WHEREAS, various federal agencies under the  auspices  of  the  Endangered
18    Species  Act are preempting or interfering with Idaho's management of its fish
19    and wildlife resources and seeking releases of water  from  reservoirs  within
20    Idaho for anadromous fish; and
21        WHEREAS,  there  is  no evidence to show that releases of water from Idaho
22    reservoirs will result in the recovery of the listed anadromous fish; and
23        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho believes that  water  taken
24    from  the  state  for anadromous fish enhancement efforts would inflict on the
25    citizenry of the state a loss of recreational opportunities,  an  increase  in
26    electrical  rates, a loss of recharge water for the state's aquifers, a reduc-
27    tion in economic activity and quality of life; and
28        WHEREAS, the  above-mentioned  activities  would  create  water  shortages
29    within  the  state  resulting  in  the idling of a large acreage of productive
30    Idaho farmland; and
31        WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Idaho recognizes the need to pro-
32    tect and enhance anadromous fish populations and will work to accomplish  this
33    while  also  protecting  the  needs of the citizens of the state through state
34    law.
35        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
36    of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House  of  Representatives  and  the
37    Senate  concurring  therein,  that  federal  and state enhancement efforts for
38    anadromous fish must be undertaken in a manner which protects  Idaho's  sover-
39    eignty  over  its  water  resources  and prohibits contributions of water from
40    Idaho's reservoirs for flow augmentation except as authorized under state law.
41        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session of  the
42    Fifty-fifth  Idaho  Legislature,  the  House of Representatives and the Senate
43    concurring therein, that the Speaker of the House of Representatives  and  the
44    President  Pro  Tempore  of  the  Senate request Congress to enact legislation


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 1    reaffirming its deference to state law governing the allocation of  water  and
 2    management of fish and wildlife.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                              RS09177
The purpose of this legislation is to state legislative findings
and to request Congressional reaffirmation of support for Idaho's
water, fish and wildlife resources.








                            FISCAL NOTE

There is no negative fiscal impact by this legislation.











CONTACT:  Rep. Chuck Cuddy
         332-1000
         
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE   Bill No.      HCR 25