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S1106.............................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - Amends existing law to delete the requirement that the
dean of the College of Mines and Earth Resources of the University of Idaho be
director of the Geological Survey and board chairperson; to revise membership
of the advisory board for the Geological Survey; to delete the specified date
for the annual meetings; to delete the requirement that the secretary's
office be maintained at the University of Idaho; to provide that the director
of the Geological Survey shall report to the President of the University of
Idaho through the Vice President for Research at the University of Idaho; 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.
02/10 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 Rpt prt - to Res/Env
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Calabretta,
Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill,
Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie,
McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Burkett
Floor Sponsor - Schroeder
Title apvd - to House
02/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to Env Aff
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones,
Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley,
Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman,
Wills
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Deal, Kellogg, Schaefer, Trail, Wood, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Barraclough
Title apvd - to Senate
02/28 To enrol
03/03 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/04 Sp signed
03/06 To Governor
03/11 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 46
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1106
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 REVISE
7 MEMBERSHIP ON THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AMENDING SECTION 47-202, IDAHO CODE,
8 TO DELETE THE SPECIFIED DATE FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY BOARD,
9 TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEY'S SECRETARY BE
10 MAINTAINED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE
11 SURVEY SHALL REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO THROUGH
12 THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AND TO STRIKE
13 UNNECESSARY VERBIAGE; AND AMENDING SECTION 47-203, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
14 FOR THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF REPORTS ON HYDROGEOLOGY AND GEO-
15 LOGIC HAZARDS AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE SURVEY MAINTAIN
16 LABORATORY FACILITIES TO PERFORM NONCOMMERCIAL MINERAL AND CHEMICAL ANALY-
17 SES.
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
19 SECTION 1. That Section 47-201, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
20 amended to read as follows:
21 47-201. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CREATED -- PURPOSE -- ADVISORY BOARD. There is
22 hereby created the Idaho geological survey, to be administered as a special
23 program at the university of Idaho under the authority of the board of regents
24 of the university of Idaho. This survey will conduct business heretofore car-
25 ried out by the Idaho bureau of mines and geology. The survey shall be the
26 lead state agency for the collection, interpretation, and dissemination of
27 geologic and mineral data for Idaho. Such information is to be acquired
28 through field and laboratory investigations by the staff of the survey and
29 through cooperative programs with other governmental and private agencies.
30 There is hereby established an advisory board for the survey, consisting of
31 the following members: The dean of the college of mines and earth resources of
32 the university of Idaho, who shall be director of the survey and board chair-
33 person (nonvoting); the chairman of the department of geology geosciences at
34 Boise state university; the chairman of the department of geology geosciences
35 at Idaho state university; the president of the Idaho mining association, so
36 long as said association continues to exist and elect a president chair of the
37 department of geological sciences at the university of Idaho; a representative
38 from the mining and mineral processing industry selected by the director; the
39 governor of the state of Idaho or his designated representative; a member of
40 the board of land commissioners designated by the state land board; the presi-
41 dent or his designee of the Idaho association of professional geologists; and
42 two (2) members at large selected by the director from other state or federal
43 organizations, or from the private sector with a direct interest in the
2
1 survey's programs, both serving two (2) year staggered terms; all of whom
2 shall serve as members of the said board and shall be compensated as provided
3 by section 59-509(b), Idaho 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 the president of the university of Idaho
12 through the vice president for research at the university of Idaho. The direc-
13 tor, of the survey, or a professional geologist in the survey if so appointed
14 by the director, is designated 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 12967
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, University of Idaho
Phone: 208-364-4033
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1106