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H0670.........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
FOREST PRACTICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Amends existing law to increase
membership of the Forest Practices Advisory Committee from eight members to
nine members; to clarify membership of the committee; and to provide that
one member shall be a nonindustrial forest landowner and one member shall
be an at-large member.
02/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bell, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague,
Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart,
Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali,
Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Edmunson
Floor Sponsor - Roberts
Title apvd - to Senate
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hill, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley,
McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Ingram, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Brandt
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 264
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 670
BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE FOREST PRACTICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AMENDING SECTION 38-1305,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE FROM EIGHT MEMBERS TO
4 NINE, TO CLARIFY MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE, TO PROVIDE THAT ONE MEMBER
5 SHALL BE A NONINDUSTRIAL FOREST LANDOWNER AND ONE MEMBER SHALL BE AN AT-
6 LARGE MEMBER, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 38-1305, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 38-1305. DUTIES, POWERS OF DEPARTMENT. The department:
11 (1) Shall administer and enforce this act;
12 (2) (a) Shall, through the director, appoint a forest practices advisory
13 committee to the board for the purpose of providing technical advice to
14 the board in carrying out the board's powers and duties as set forth in
15 section 38-1304, Idaho Code. The forest practices advisory committee is
16 composed of eight nine (89) members, three (3) residing in the north for-
17 est region and three (3) residing in the south forest region,. The remain-
18 ing and three (3) members shall be residing in Idaho residents. All
19 mMembers of the committee shall be qualified by experience and/or training
20 to provide technical advice related to forest practices. One Of the three
21 (13) members residing in each forest region, one (1) member shall be
22 either a private landowner, a private timber owner, or authorized repre-
23 sentative of the landowner or timber owner who regularly engages in forest
24 practices;. Oone (1) member residing in each forest region shall be an
25 operator; and. Oone (1) member residing in each forest region shall be a
26 representative of the general public. Of the remaining three (3) members
27 who are Idaho residents: oOne (1) member shall be qualified by training
28 and experience as a fisheries biologist; one (1) member shall be a non-
29 industrial forest landowner; and one (1) member shall be an at-large mem-
30 ber. Members of the forest practices advisory committee shall be appointed
31 by the director for three (3) year terms. Appointments under this subsec-
32 tion shall be made by the director within sixty (60) days after the effec-
33 tive date of this section. If there is a vacancy, for any cause, the
34 director shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the
35 unexpired term. Said appointee shall possess the same qualifications under
36 this act section as the person being replaced. The committee shall select
37 a chairman from among its members. A member of the department of lands
38 shall be designated by the director to serve as secretary, without voting
39 power, for the committee.
40 (b) Notwithstanding the terms of the committee members specified by sub-
41 section (2)(a) of this section, of the members first appointed to each
42 such committee:
43 (Ai) Two (2) shall serve for a term of one (1) year;
2
1 (Bii) Two (2) shall serve for a term of two (2) years;
2 (Ciii) Three (3) shall serve for a term of three (3) years.
3 (3) Shall advise and assist the board in the discharge of its duties as
4 set forth in this act;
5 (4) Shall achieve coordination among state agencies which are concerned
6 with the forest environment;
7 (5) Shall cooperate with and provide advice to landowners and timber
8 owners in the management of forest lands;
9 (6) May enter into cooperative agreement or contracts which may be neces-
10 sary in the administration of this act;
11 (7) All site-specific BMPs approved at the time of the effective date of
12 this act shall remain in force and be enforced by the designated agency;
13 (8) Shall develop methods for controlling watershed impacts resulting
14 from cumulative effects. The department shall form a cumulative effects water-
15 shed cooperative including, but not limited to, state and federal land manag-
16 ing agencies and owners of industrial private forest land, to serve as a
17 clearinghouse for comparing and evaluating shared watershed information. The
18 director shall select an interdisciplinary task force including appropriate
19 technical specialists and affected landowners and shall, in consultation with
20 the task force, formulate methods for controlling cumulative effects.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13792C1
Current Idaho code (38-1305) limits the size of the Forest
Practices Advisory Committee to eight members. This legislation adds
one member to the Forest Practices Advisory Committee who is a
representative of a nonindustrial forest landowner.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is a small fiscal impact to cover the travel expense of this
additional member for one or two meetings per year.
Contact
Name: Rep. Ken Roberts
Rep. Chuck Cuddy
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 670