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NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, & ENVIRONMENT STANDING COMMITTEE
Members Present: Rep. Roger E. Barrus, Chair
Rep. Kerry Gibson, Vice Chair
Rep. Sylvia Andersen
Rep. Mel Brown
Rep. Glenn Donnelson
Rep. Jack Draxler
Rep. Carl Duckworth Rep. James Gowans
Rep. Neal Hendrickson
Rep. John Mathis
Rep. Mike Noel
Rep. Patrick Painter
Rep. Phil Riesen
Rep. Steve Sandstrom
Rep. Richard Winn
Staff Present: Brian Allred, Policy Analyst
Carrie Griffith, Committee Secretary
Note: List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes
Rep. Gibson called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
MOTION: Rep. Hendrickson moved to approve the minutes of the January 25, 2008 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown, Rep. Donnelson, Rep. Draxler, Rep. Duckworth, Rep. Gowans, Rep. Noel and Rep. Winn absent for the vote
H.B. 40 Safe Drinking Water Revisions (Rep. S. Andersen)
MOTION: Rep. Andersen moved to delete in title and body H.B. 40 and replace it with lst Sub. H.B. 40. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown, Rep. Duckworth, Rep. Gowans and Rep. Winn absent for vote.
Rep. Andersen, assisted by Paul Ashton, General Manager White City Water Improvement District, explained the bill to the committee. (handouts)
Spoke for the bill: Dale Pierson, Executive Director Rural Water Association of Utah
Art Kimball, Vice Chair White City Water Improvement District
Lynn Pace, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities
Kate Johnson, Manager Division of Drinking Water
MOTION: Rep. Riesen moved to pass the bill out favorably as substituted.
SUBSTITUTE
MOTION: Rep. Noel moved to proceed to the next item on the agenda. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.
Rep. Gibson relinquished the chair to Rep. Barrus.
H.B. 125 Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments (Rep. K. Gibson)
MOTION: Rep. Gibson moved to delete in title and body H.B. 125 and replace it with 1st Sub. H.B. 125. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Hendrickson absent for the vote
Rep. Gibson explained the bill to the committee.
Spoke to the bill: Kyle Stevens, Deputy Commissioner Utah Agriculture & Food
MOTION: Rep. Duckworth moved to pass the bill out favorably as substituted. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Hendrickson absent for the vote.
Rep. Gibson resumed the chair. Rep. Barrus was excused for the remainder of the meeting.
H.B. 104 Urban Trails Appropriation (Rep. K. Holdaway)
MOTION: Rep. Painter moved to delete in title and body H.B. 104 and replace it with 1st Sub H.B. 104. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Hendrickson absent for vote.
Rep. Holdaway, assisted by Julie Peck-Dabling, Utah Recreational Trails and Advisory Council, explained the bill to the committee.
Spoke to the bill: Mark Johnson, Ogden City
Helene Liebman, Exec. Weber Pathways
Chip Dawson, City of South Jordan
MOTION: Rep. Noel moved to amend 1st Sub. H.B. 104 as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 12 through 14 :
12 . defines an urban trail as a trail located in a county of the first or second class;
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13 . establishes an ongoing appropriation of
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$500,000
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$250,000
to the
Department of Natural
14 Resources for grants to plan and develop urban trails
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; and
. establishes a one-time appropriation of $250,000 to the Department of Natural Resources for grants to plan and develop urban trails.
2. Page 1, Line 17 :
. $250,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 only to the
Department of Natural Resources for grants to plan and develop urban trails; and
17 . as an ongoing appropriation, subject to future budget constraints,
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$500,000
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$250,000
to the
3. Page 2, Lines 42 through 43 :
42 (1)
(a) There is appropriated $250,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year
2008-09 only to the Department of Natural Resources.
(b)
As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is
43 appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2008-09,
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$500,000
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$250,000
to the Department of
The motion passed, with Rep. Duckworth and Rep. Draxler voting in opposition.
MOTION: Rep. Brown moved to pass the substituted bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Barrus absent for the vote.
H.B. 143 Administration of Interstate Water (Rep. M. Brown)
Rep. Brown, assisted by Jerry Olds, Director Division of Water Rights, explained the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Hendrickson moved to pass the bill out favorably. Rep. Barrus was absent for vote.
S.B. 26 Fire Management Areas (Sen. M. Dayton) (Rep. M. Noel)
Sen. Dayton explained the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Painter moved to the pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Barrus, Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Riesen absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Draxler moved to place the bill on the consent calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Barrus, Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Riesen absent for the vote.
H.B. 117 Instream Flow to Protect Trout Habitat (Rep. S. Sandstrom)
MOTION: Rep. Sandstrom moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 2, Lines 55 through 56 :
55 (2) (a) Any person entitled to
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use
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of
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water
may make
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permanent or temporary
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changes
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change
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in the:
2. Page 3, Lines 79 through 86 :
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(5) (a) The state engineer shall follow the same procedures, and the
rights and duties
80 of the applicants with respect to applications for permanent changes of point of diversion, place
81 of use, or purpose of use shall be the same, as provided in this title for applications to
82 appropriate water.
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(5) (a) (i) In considering a permanent change application, the state engineer
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84 follow the same procedures as provided in this title for an application to appropriate water.
85 (ii) The rights and duties of a permanent change applicant are the same as provided in
86 this title for an applicant to appropriate water. }
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227 (ii) The state engineer may approve [
228 for a public agency, if the public agency provides information
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the water will be needed to meet the reasonable future requirements of the
public.
The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Barrus, Rep. Donnelson and Rep. Riesen absent for the vote.
Spoke for the bill: Todd Bingham, Utah Farm Bureau Federation
Jim Karpowitz, Director, Wildlife Resources
Paul Dremann, Chairman, Fisheries Advisory Council
Ed Kent, Utah Angler Coalition
MOTION: Rep. Noel moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Barrus, Rep. Donnelson, Rep. Hendrickson and Rep. Riesen absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Brown moved to adjourn.
Rep. Gibson adjourned the meeting at 3:42 p.m.
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Rep. Roger E. Barrus, Chair