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HCR017........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging
appropriate personnel to assess the impact of rail transportation on the
economic future of the state of Idaho with particular emphasis upon the
resource and agriculture communities in the rural portions of the state.
02/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/16 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/19 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/15 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/21 Pres signed
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. 17
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND URGING APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL TO ASSESS
3 THE IMPACT OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION ON THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON THE RESOURCE AND AGRICULTURE COMMUNI-
5 TIES IN THE RURAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 WHEREAS, the railroad and rail transportation are an integral part of the
8 history of transport in Idaho and the west; and
9 WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has acknowledged and supported
10 the need for rural rail services; and
11 WHEREAS, many small communities owe their existence in part to the connec-
12 tions provided by spur lines of the railroad; and
13 WHEREAS, the agricultural and resource industries, which are facing cata-
14 strophic economic trials, depend disproportionately on rail transportation for
15 financial security; and
16 WHEREAS, the community of Grangeville, Idaho, has recently been added to
17 the list of small Idaho communities which has lost its spur line and faces
18 greater economic challenge as a result; and
19 WHEREAS, on behalf of the citizens of rural Idaho, it is incumbent upon
20 the Legislature to maintain close vigilance of rail transportation and the
21 transportation network which connect rural communities to markets, resources
22 and assets essential to their future economic health; and
23 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to focus attention on the problems and the
24 solutions inherent in rail services and potential loss of such services in our
25 rural communities.
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 Legislature urges the appropriate person-
29 nel in the Department of Commerce, the Idaho Transportation Department, the
30 Department of Agriculture, the Idaho Historical Society, the Idaho Public
31 Utilities Commission and any others whom the Governor may deem appropriate,
32 under the direction of the director of the Department of Commerce, to work
33 together to assess the impact of rail transportation, or the loss thereof, on
34 the economic future of the state of Idaho with particular emphasis upon the
35 resource and agriculture communities in the rural portions of the state.
36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the personnel shall report their findings and
37 recommendations for the retention of Idaho infrastructure and any efforts that
38 can or should be made by the state of Idaho to assure retention to the Second
39 Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature.
None
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FISCAL IMPACT
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10927
This concurrent resolution directs appropriate personnel to assess
the impact of rail transportation on the economic future of the State
of Idaho, particularly upon resource and agricultural communities in
the rural portions of the state, and report orally to the Second
Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature of their
findings.
Contact
Name: Rep. Hornbeck
Phone: (208)332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT HCR 17