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HCR031....................................................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.
03/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
Rpt prt - rules susp - ADOPTED - 57-0-13
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23),
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Limbaugh, Linford, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moyle, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer,
Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Tippets, Watson,
Wheeler, Williams, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Barrett, Campbell, Clark, Crow, Hansen(29),
Henbest, Loertscher, Meyer, Pischner, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wood
Floor Sponsor - Linford
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/17 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 29-0-6
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram,
Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Danielson, Frasure, Parry, Sandy, Schroeder,
Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Noh
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol
03/19 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23 To Secretary of State
HCR031|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 31 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 1999 biological opinion by the National Marine Fisheries Service for 12 salmon recovery, the expiration and potential renewal of legislation authoriz- 13 ing the use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recovery and evolv- 14 ing water 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-fifth 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 1999 biological opinion by the National Marine Fisher- 33 ies Service for salmon recovery, the expiration and potential renewal of leg- 34 islation authorizing the use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon 35 recovery 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 Council 38 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 protestants 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, 2000, 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-fifth Idaho Legislature in the year 2000. 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-fifth 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-sixth 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-fifth Idaho Legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09211
The legislation authorizes the Legislative Council to appoint a
committee to study, coordinate and report on 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 NOTE
Normal costs associated with legislative special committee expenses.
CONTACT: Lynn Tominaga, Idaho Water Users Assn.
(20S) 344-6690
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. HCR 31