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SENATE BILL NO. 1057 – Geological survey advisory bd/membr

SENATE BILL NO. 1057

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S1057.............................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - Amends existing law to provide that the chairman of the
Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Idaho shall serve and
be compensated as a member of the Geological Survey Advisory Board; to revise
criteria for annual meetings and the office of the Geological Survey; to
provide for preparation and publication of reports on hydrogeology and
geologic hazards; and to delete the requirement that the state survey maintain
laboratory facilities to perform noncommercial mineral and chemical analyses.
                                                                        
02/03    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04    Rpt prt - to Res/Env

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1057
                                                                        
                           BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AMENDING SECTION 47-201, IDAHO  CODE,
  3        TO  STRIKE  THE  TRANSFER  OF  RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE BUREAU OF MINES AND
  4        GEOLOGY TO THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE  DEAN
  5        OF  THE COLLEGE OF MINES AND EARTH RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO BE
  6        DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON AND TO PROVIDE
  7        THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT THE  UNIVER-
  8        SITY OF IDAHO SHALL SERVE AND BE COMPENSATED AS A MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL
  9        SURVEY  ADVISORY BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 47-202, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE THE
 10        SPECIFIED DATE FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, TO DELETE THE
 11        REQUIREMENT THAT THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEY'S SECRETARY BE MAINTAINED AT THE
 12        UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  SURVEY  SHALL
 13        REPORT  TO AND BE APPOINTED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AT THE UNI-
 14        VERSITY OF IDAHO AND TO STRIKE UNNECESSARY VERBIAGE; AND AMENDING  SECTION
 15        47-203,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF
 16        REPORTS ON HYDROGEOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC HAZARDS AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT
 17        THAT THE STATE SURVEY MAINTAIN LABORATORY FACILITIES TO PERFORM NONCOMMER-
 18        CIAL MINERAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSES.
                                                                        
 19    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 1.  That Section 47-201, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        47-201.  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY CREATED -- PURPOSE -- ADVISORY BOARD. There is
 23    hereby created the Idaho geological survey, to be administered  as  a  special
 24    program at the university of Idaho under the authority of the board of regents
 25    of  the university of Idaho. This survey will conduct business heretofore car-
 26    ried out by the Idaho bureau of mines and geology. The  survey  shall  be  the
 27    lead  state  agency  for  the collection, interpretation, and dissemination of
 28    geologic and mineral data for  Idaho.  Such  information  is  to  be  acquired
 29    through  field  and  laboratory  investigations by the staff of the survey and
 30    through cooperative programs with other  governmental  and  private  agencies.
 31    There  is  hereby  established an advisory board for the survey, consisting of
 32    the following members: The dean of the college of mines and earth resources of
 33    the university of Idaho, who shall be director of the survey and board  chair-
 34    person  (nonvoting);  the chairman of the department of geology at Boise state
 35    university; the chairman of the department of geology at Idaho  state  univer-
 36    sity;  the chairman of the department of geological sciences at the university
 37    of Idaho; the president of the Idaho mining association, so long as said asso-
 38    ciation continues to exist and elect a president; the governor of the state of
 39    Idaho or his designated representative; a member of the board of land  commis-
 40    sioners  designated  by the state land board; the president or his designee of
 41    the Idaho association of professional geologists; and two (2) members at large
 42    selected by the director from other state or federal  organizations,  or  from
 43    the private sector with a direct interest in the survey's programs, both serv-
                                                                        
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  1    ing  two  (2)  year staggered terms; all of whom shall serve as members of the
  2    said board and shall be compensated as provided by  section  59-509(b),  Idaho
  3    Code.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  2.  That  Section  47-202, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        47-202.  MEETINGS -- OFFICE -- STATE GEOLOGIST. The advisory  board  shall
  7    hold  an annual meetings at the university of Idaho, Boise state university or
  8    Idaho state university on the first Monday of June of each year and such other
  9    meetings as it may determine. The chief office of said survey and  the  office
 10    of  its secretary shall be maintained at the university of Idaho. The director
 11    of the survey shall report to and be  appointed  by  the  vice  president  for
 12    research at the university of Idaho. The director, of the survey, or a profes-
 13    sional  geologist in the survey if so appointed by the director, is designated
 14    state geologist.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 3.  That Section 47-203, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        47-203.  DUTIES  --  PUBLICATIONS  --  COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES  --
 18    SATELLITE OFFICES. It shall be the duty of the said state  survey  to  conduct
 19    statewide  studies  in  the  field;  laboratory  studies;  prepare and publish
 20    reports on the geology, hydrogeology, geologic hazards and  mineral  resources
 21    of  the state; maintain laboratory facilities to perform noncommercial mineral
 22    and chemical analyses; fix a price upon printed reports not used  in  exchange
 23    with  other  state  bureaus  or surveys, universities or public libraries, and
 24    deposit receipts from sales in a printing fund to be used for the  preparation
 25    and publication of reports of the survey, and for no other purpose. The survey
 26    shall  be allowed to seek and accept funded projects from and cooperative pro-
 27    grams with other agencies for support of the  survey's  research  and  service
 28    activities  as  authorized  by  the  board of regents. All funds received from
 29    these projects shall be used for said projects and services. The survey  shall
 30    be allowed to have satellite offices at the geology departments of Boise state
 31    university and Idaho state university.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 12441

This legislation provides for changes in the statute establishing
the Idaho Geological Survey.  These changes reflect organizational
changes that have taken place at the University of Idaho during
2002.   






                         FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact. 













CONTACT
Name:        Marty Peterson
Agency:      University of Idaho
Phone:       364-4033

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