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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
|||| 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-
2
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
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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