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SCR107.........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES - Stating findings of the Legislature and
authorizing the Legislative Council to appoint an interim committee to
study natural resource issues.
02/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/04 10th ord - ADOPTED - 32-0-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Hawkins,
Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Frasure, Ipsen, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Noh
Title apvd - to House
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Con
03/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 Ret'd to Res/Con
SCR107|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 107 BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 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 of legislation authorizing the use of 427,000 13 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recovery and evolving water rights issues 14 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, the Legislature has also approved a Committee to study the sub- 18 ject of electric utility restructuring which is a large subject in and of 19 itself, but is one that needs to be coordinated with the above natural 20 resource issues. 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session 22 of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa- 23 tives concurring therein, that the Legislative Council is authorized to 24 appoint a Committee to undertake and complete a study of various natural 25 resource issues including, but not limited to, the effort to negotiate a set- 26 tlement of the Nez Perce tribal claims in the Snake River Basin Adjudication, 27 the development of the 1999 biological opinion by the National Marine Fisher- 28 ies Service for salmon recovery, the expiration of legislation authorizing the 29 use of 427,000 acre feet of Idaho water for salmon recovery and evolving water 30 rights issues connected to electric utility restructuring. The Committee shall 31 consist of ten legislators with five from the Senate and five from the House 32 of Representatives. The Legislative Council shall authorize the Committee to 33 receive input, advice and assistance from interested and affected parties who 34 are not members of the Legislature. 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the cochairmen of this Committee shall consult 36 and coordinate with the cochairmen of the Committee on Electric Utility 37 Restructuring. 38 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nonlegislative members of the Committee may be 39 appointed by the cochairs of the Committee who are appointed by the Legisla- 40 tive Council. Nonlegislative members of the advisory committee shall not be 41 reimbursed from legislative funds for per diem, mileage or other expenses and 42 shall not have voting privileges regarding the Committee's recommendations or 43 proposed legislation. 44 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Committee shall make a progress report to 2 1 the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature and shall make 2 a report detailing its findings, recommendations and proposed legislation, if 3 any, to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08781C1
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 IMPACT
Normal costs associated with legislative special committee expenses.
CONTACT: Senator Laird Noh
332-1333
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT SCR 107