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HJM024....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS - Stating findings of the Legislature and
recommending development of additional water supply enhancement projects.
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/04 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsors - Roberts & Cuddy
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/18 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Noh
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 24
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THE COMMIS-
3 SIONER OF THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGI-
4 NEERS, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, THE MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO WATER
5 RESOURCE BOARD, THE DIRECTOR OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES,
6 AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE
7 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
8 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
9 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
10 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
11 WHEREAS, the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior's
12 "Water 2025" Initiative has appropriately recognized the need to identify
13 solutions for water supply problems at the state and local level, in order to
14 avoid conflicts like those that have occurred in the Klamath Basin and the Rio
15 Grande Basin in recent years; and
16 WHEREAS, Idaho is an arid state and is in the midst of a prolonged
17 drought; and
18 WHEREAS, Idaho is a rapidly growing state, with emerging water supply
19 needs for municipalities, urban development, industries and commercial enter-
20 prises, as well as continued agricultural demands; and
21 WHEREAS, additional water supplies are desired to help address conjunctive
22 administration issues involving the legal and hydrologic relationship between
23 surface and ground water needs; and
24 WHEREAS, listings of fish and other aquatic species under the Endangered
25 Species Act, lawsuits, and other demands for water continue to perplex our
26 state.
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
28 sion of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
29 the Senate concurring therein, that we support the identification and develop-
30 ment of additional water supply enhancement projects including, but not lim-
31 ited to, on-stream and off-stream storage, increased capacity at existing
32 storage facilities, ground water storage, recharge of aquifer supplies and
33 pressurized irrigation systems.
34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we encourage the Bureau of Reclamation, the
35 United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Idaho Water Resource Board, the
36 Idaho Department of Water Resources, and other federal and state agencies to
37 cooperate with the citizens of the state of Idaho in identifying and develop-
38 ing such water supply projects as are necessary to address the growing needs
39 and demands of the state.
40 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
41 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
42 Memorial to the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, the
43 Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Army Corps of
44 Engineers, the Governor of the State of Idaho, the members of the Idaho Water
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1 Resource Board, the director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, and
2 the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress
3 of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14180
This joint memorial recognizes the need for additional water
supplies to meet the emerging needs of our rapidly growing state.
The joint memorial also encourages federal and state agencies to
cooperate with citizens of the State of Idaho in identifying and
developing such water supply projects. Water is needed for
municipalities, urban development, industries and commercial
enterprises, as well as continued agricultural demands,
conjunctive administration issues involving the legal and
hydrologic relationship between surface and ground water needs,
and demands for more water for fish and other aquatic species
under the Endangered Species Act, including recent lawsuits filed
by several conservation and fishing groups.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Speaker Bruce Newcomb
Phone: (208) 332-1111
Representative Ken Roberts
Representative Chuck Cuddy
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 024