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HCR025.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE - Stating findings of the
Legislature and authorizing an interim committee on Energy, Environment and
Technology to monitor the Integrated State Energy Plan and other issues.
02/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/23 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 69-0-1
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Edmunson
Floor Sponsor - Eskridge
Title apvd - To Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/08 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/09 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - McKenzie
Title apvd - to House
03/09 To enrol
03/12 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13 Pres signed
03/14 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO
3 APPOINT AN INTERIM COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO MON-
4 ITOR THE INTEGRATED STATE ENERGY PLAN AND OTHER ISSUES.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, for the past ten years, the Legislature has adopted Concurrent
7 Resolutions which authorized the Legislative Council to appoint a committee
8 to undertake and complete a study of energy, environment and technology
9 related issues from both the statewide perspective and the national perspec-
10 tive and to submit a final report to the Idaho Legislature; and
11 WHEREAS, in 2006 the Legislature felt the state of Idaho needed to have an
12 integrated state energy plan that provides for the state's power generation
13 needs and protects the health and safety of the citizens of Idaho, and the
14 products produced in this state; and
15 WHEREAS, the Interim Committee on Energy, Environment and Technology met
16 during the legislative interim in 2006 and developed recommendations relat-
17 ing to an integrated energy plan; and
18 WHEREAS, Idaho has firm power needs in the near future, and the goal of
19 the Integrated Energy Plan is to ensure that those needs will be met; and
20 WHEREAS, it is the goal of the integrated state energy plan to maintain
21 the health, safety and welfare of Idaho's citizens, the quality and financial
22 security of existing agricultural businesses and industries, the economic
23 growth of the state of Idaho, and the environmental quality and natural
24 resources of this state; and
25 WHEREAS, it is the goal that the 2007 Integrated State Energy Plan be a
26 living, vibrant document.
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
28 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
29 Senate concurring therein, that the Legislative Council may appoint an Interim
30 Committee on Energy, Environment and Technology which shall monitor the Inte-
31 grated State Energy Plan that provides for the state's power generation needs
32 and protects the health and safety of the citizens of Idaho, and the products
33 produced in this state and make any recommendations for necessary changes in
34 both state law and the plan regarding energy in the state and to monitor other
35 energy, environment and technology related issues.
36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee is directed to involve repre-
37 sentatives of industry, agricultural groups, small businesses, consumers of
38 electricity and conservation interests and the Committee shall make a prog-
39 ress report to the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature
40 and shall make a report detailing its findings, recommendations and proposed
41 legislation, if any, to the First Regular Session of the Sixtieth Idaho Legis-
42 lature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17023
This legislation allows the Legislative Council to continue an
interim committee to study the subject of energy related issues
including environmental and economic considerations involved in
meeting Idaho's energy needs. The committee would be authorized
to meet until November 30, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the meetings for the committee would be expected not
to exceed $10,000.
Contact
Name: Senator Robert Geddes
Phone: 332-1300
Representative Lawerence Denney
Phone: 332-1113
Representative George Eskridge
Phone: 322-1270
Senator Curt McKenzie
Phone: 322-1329
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 25