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HCR006....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES - Stating findings of the Legislature and
authorizing the Legislative Council to appoint an interim committee to
study natural resource issues.
01/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/18 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
01/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/22 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 60-0-10
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Gould, Hammond, Harwood,
Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz,
Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Swan,
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bell, Clark, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
Hadley, Lake, Meyer, Pischner, Robison
Floor Sponsor - Wheeler
Title apvd - to Senate
01/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
01/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
01/26 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 25-0-10
AYES -- Boatright, Brandt, Bunderson, Cameron, Danielson, Deide,
Dunklin, Frasure, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, King-Barrutia,
Lee, Lodge, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett,
Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Andreason, Branch, Burtenshaw, Darrington,
Davis, Geddes, Ipsen, Noh, Sandy, Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - Lee
Title apvd - to House
01/29 To enrol
01/30 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
01/31 Pres signed
02/01 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO
3 APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE AND COMPLETE A STUDY OF NATURAL RESOURCE
4 ISSUES.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, a number of major water and natural resource related issues are
7 working their way through various forums and are all subjects that require
8 legislative scrutiny; and
9 WHEREAS, these issues include the effort to negotiate a settlement of the
10 Nez Perce tribal claims in the Snake River Basin Adjudication, the development
11 of the biological opinion by the National Marine Fisheries Service for salmon
12 recovery, the expiration and potential renewal of legislation authorizing the
13 use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recovery and evolving water
14 rights issues connected to electric utility restructuring; and
15 WHEREAS, these issues are all events which will have major impacts upon
16 the future of Idaho and the quality of life our citizens enjoy; and
17 WHEREAS, it would be more efficient, less costly, and foster better rela-
18 tionships to discuss in advance the potential renewal of legislation authoriz-
19 ing the use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recovery than to
20 have the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's transfer applications, as referenced in
21 Section 42-1763B, Idaho Code, move forward; and
22 WHEREAS, the Legislature has also approved a committee to study the sub-
23 ject of electric utility restructuring which is a large subject in and of
24 itself, but is one that needs to be coordinated with the above natural
25 resource issues.
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
27 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
28 Senate concurring therein, that the Legislative Council is authorized to
29 appoint a committee to undertake and complete a study of various natural
30 resource issues including, but not limited to, the effort to negotiate a set-
31 tlement of the Nez Perce tribal claims in the Snake River Basin Adjudication,
32 the development of the biological opinion by the National Marine Fisheries
33 Service for salmon recovery, the expiration and potential renewal of legisla-
34 tion authorizing the use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recov-
35 ery and evolving water rights issues connected to electric utility
36 restructuring. The committee shall consist of ten legislators with five from
37 the Senate and five from the House of Representatives. The Legislative Coun-
38 cil shall authorize the committee to receive input, advice and assistance from
39 interested and affected parties who are not members of the Legislature. All
40 interested parties, including those protestors and intervenors to the Bureau
41 of Reclamation's 1995 water right transfer applications, shall be afforded the
42 opportunity to provide input to the committee.
43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon agreement by the U.S. Bureau of Reclama-
44 tion to meet and discuss salmon recovery issues prior to January 1, 2002, and
2
1 the Bureau of Reclamation's expression of willingness to the Idaho Department
2 of Water Resources that the above-referenced transfer applications be held in
3 abeyance, the committee shall study whether mutually satisfactory legislation
4 can be developed on the issue to present for consideration by the Second Regu-
5 lar Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature in the year 2002.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the cochairmen of this committee shall consult
7 and coordinate with the cochairmen of the committee on Electric Utility
8 Restructuring.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nonlegislative members of the committee may be
10 appointed by the cochairs of the committee who are appointed by the Legisla-
11 tive Council. Nonlegislative members of the advisory committee shall not be
12 reimbursed from legislative funds for per diem, mileage or other expenses and
13 shall not have voting privileges regarding the committee's recommendations or
14 proposed legislation.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall make a progress report to
16 the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature and shall make
17 a report detailing its findings, recommendations and proposed legislation, if
18 any, to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature; pro-
19 vided that the committee shall make a report detailing its findings, recommen-
20 dations and proposed legislation, if any, regarding the potential renewal of
21 legislation authorizing the use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon
22 recovery to the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10667
This resolution would authorize the Legislative Council to appoint an
interim study committee to undertake and complete a study of natural
resource issues. A number of interrelated major water and natural
resource issues could soon have major impacts upon the state and its
citizens.
FISCAL IMPACT
If this resolution is adopted by the Legislature and the committee is
appointed by Legislative Council, any necessary legislator travel and
per diem expense would be paid from the existing legislative
appropriation to the Senate and the House of Representatives. Funding
for staff support and expenses would be provided from the existing
appropriation to the Legislative Council for the Legislative Services
Office. There would be no additional impact upon the state general fund
as a result of this resolution.
Contact
Name: Rep. Cameron Wheeler Rep. JoAn Wood
Phone: 208 332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR6