2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update
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2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1006 CORAM & VIGIL SONNENBERG Invasive Phreatophyte Grant Program SUPPORTAMENDING LAND USE HB15-1008 HAMNER ROBERTS Ag Land Destroyed By Natural Causes MEMBER FYI LAND USE Water Resources Review Committee. The bill establishes a 5-year grant program for the management of invasive phreatophytes, which are deep-rooted plants that consume water from the water table or the layer of soil just above the water table. Section 1 of the bill creates the invasive phreatophyte grants program account in the noxious weed management fund. Section 2 creates the grant program. The department of agriculture administers the grant program under its authority to manage noxious weeds. To qualify for a grant, an applicant must propose a project for the management of invasive phreatophytes that utilizes best management practices. Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The bill specifies that if agricultural land is destroyed by a natural cause on or after January 1, 2012, so that, were it not for such destruction, the land would have qualified as agricultural land for the following property tax year, the agricultural land classification is to remain in place for the year of destruction and the 4 subsequent property tax years unless: The land is not rehabilitated for agricultural use before the end of the period; The assessor determines that the classification at the time of destruction by a natural cause was erroneous; or A change of use, other than the destruction by a natural cause, has occurred. The bill makes an exception to the 5-year rehabilitation period applicable to other agricultural land if the land is defined as agricultural land because it is used to produce tangible wood products, but only if such land is in compliance with an approved forest management plan and is on the list provided by the Colorado state forest service as having such a plan 1 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations 02/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/22/2015 House Appropriations Re-Refer Unamended to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/27/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/29/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Re-Refer Amended to Appropriations 05/01/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 05/01/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 05/04/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy + Appropriations 05/04/2015 Senate Ag Refer Unamended to Appropriations 05/05/2015 Senate Approps to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/05/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed 05/06/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/11/2015 Sent to the Governor 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance 02/04/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance 02/18/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 02/23/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/25/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Govt 03/24/2015 Senate Local Government Refer Unamended Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/27/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/30/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/10/2015 Governor Signed BILL# HB15-1012 HB15-1013 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Under current law, dyed diesel fuel (dyed diesel) is exempt BECKER J. Sales & Use from the state sales and use tax if it is: Subject to the state Tax Exemption special fuel excise tax; Used to operate a farm vehicle on a SONNENBERG For Dyed farm or ranch; or Used for an industrial purpose. So, dyed Diesel diesel that is exempt from the state special fuel excise because it is not used to power a motor vehicle on the state MEMBER FYI highways, but not used to operate a farm vehicle or used for an industrial purpose, is subject to the state sales and use tax. Section 1 of the bill exempts these remaining sales and uses of dyed diesel from the state sales and use tax. This exemption automatically applies to statutory municipalities and counties. Section 2 specifies that the sale, storage, use, or consumption of dyed diesel is exempt from the sales and use tax imposed by a home rule municipality or county. CORAM SONNENBERG & HODGE South Platte Aquifer Study Recommendations MONITOR WATER Water Resources Review Committee. Section 1 requires the Colorado water conservation board, in consultation with the state engineer, to administer 2 pilot projects in the areas of Gilcrest/LaSalle and Sterling to evaluate 2 alternative methods of lowering the water table in areas that are experiencing damaging high groundwater levels. Section 2 of the bill authorizes the state engineer to review an augmentation plan submitted to a water court if it includes the construction of a recharge structure. The water court may approve the augmentation plan only if the state engineer either approves the operation and design of the proposed recharge structure after having determined that the application is not likely to cause injury or proposes changes to the operation and design of the proposed recharge structure as terms and conditions of the application. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Transportation & Energy + Appropriations 01/21/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to Transportation & Energy 01/28/2015 House Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 02/06/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 02/13/2015 House 2nds Passed with Amendments - Committee 02/19/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/25/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 03/05/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/10/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/11/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/26/2015 Governor Signed 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations 01/26/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/02/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/06/2015 House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2015 - No Amendments 04/10/2015 House Second Reading Passed Amendments Committee 04/13/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy + Appropriations 04/23/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/28/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/30/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Floor 05/01/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee 05/06/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 05/06/2015 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 05/06/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1014 DORE NONE Biennial Registration Seasonal Farm Motor Vehicles MEMBER FYI HB15-1016 CORAM SONNENBERG Promote Precipitation Harvesting Pilot Projects MONITOR WATER The bill sets a 24-month registration interval for seasonal farm motor vehicles if The vehicle is used primarily for agricultural production; The land on which the motor vehicle is used is classified as agricultural land for the purposes of levying and collecting property tax; and! The vehicle is used no more than 6 months per year. The owner pays the same taxes and fees per year as a person who registers a vehicle annually. Water Resources Review Committee. In 2009, the general assembly authorized up to 10 precipitation harvesting pilot projects for new real estate developments of residential housing or mixed uses. Only one project has been approved. To encourage more projects, the bill: ! Includes the redevelopment of residential housing or mixed uses and new or redeveloped multi-building nonresidential property as potential pilot projects; ! Directs the Colorado water conservation board to update its approval criteria and guidelines, including regionally applicable factors that sponsors can use for substitute water supply and augmentation plans that specify the amount of evapotranspiration of preexisting natural vegetative cover, to which the state engineer and water judges must give presumptive effect, subject to rebuttal; ! Reduces the amount of water needed for a project's temporary substitute water supply plan and permanent augmentation plan by the amount of historic natural depletion to the waters of the state, if any, caused by the preexisting natural vegetative cover and evaporation on the surface of the area that will be, or that has been, made impermeable as part of the pilot project; and ! Specifies that a project's temporary retention of storm water for the purpose of improving water quality is not subject to an order of the state or division engineers if the retention complies with the board's criteria and guidelines and the applicable requirements of the state's water quality laws. 3 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy + Finance 02/04/2015 House Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Finance 03/05/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/02/2015 House Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance 02/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 02/25/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 03/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance 03/19/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/02/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/06/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/07/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/09/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/16/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/24/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/24/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 04/27/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/30/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 05/08/2015 Sent to the Governor BILL# HB15-1038 HB15-1102 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Currently, water court proceedings governing an ARNDT Flexible Water application to change the beneficial use of an irrigation Markets water right require the applicant to designate a specific HODGE alternative beneficial use identified at the time of OPPOSE the application. The bill creates a more flexible change-inuse system by allowing an applicant who seeks to WATER implement fallowing, regulated deficit irrigation, reduced consumptive use cropping, or other alternatives to the permanent dry-up of irrigated lands to apply for a change in use to any beneficial use, without designating the specific beneficial use to which the water will be applied. Section 1 of the bill defines "flex use" to mean an application of the fully consumptive portion of water that has been subject to a water right change-in-use proceeding to any beneficial use. It also redefines "appropriation" to exclude flex use from the anti-speculation doctrine. Section 2 describes the procedures for obtaining a flex use change-in-use decree, and section 3 describes the procedures for obtaining a flex use substitute water supply plan. The "Colorado Cottage Foods Act" exempts sellers of HAMNER & CO Cottage certain foods from state inspection standards. The bill WILLETT Foods Act expands the permitted foods to include fruit empanadas, Expansion tortillas, and pickled vegetables that have an equilibrium DONOVAN pH value of 4.6 or lower In addition to the disclaimer MEMBER FYI required on the products sold, a producer must also display a placard, sign, or card at the point of sale indicating that SMALL the product was produced in a home kitchen that is not ACREAGE subject to state licensure or inspection. The bill deletes language limiting a "producer" to natural persons. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/07/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 02/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 02/09/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 02/10/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/17/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 03/05/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely 01/15/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services 03/10/2015 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/10/2015 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/14/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/15/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/17/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 04/28/2015 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations 05/01/2015 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/01/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/08/2015 Sent to the Governor 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1119 BUCK NONE Local Govt Fracking Ban Liable Royalties The bill specifies that a local government that bans hydraulic fracturing of an oil and gas well is liable to the royalty owner for the value of the lost royalties. 01/15/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations 02/11/2015 House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 02/25/2015 House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely Currently, heavy-duty diesel vehicles are exempt from testing until their fourth model year. The bill extends this exemption to the sixth model year if the gross vehicle weight is at least 26,000 pounds and is a model year of 2014 or newer. 01/27/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 02/11/2015 House Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 02/20/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 02/24/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/25/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation 03/12/2015 Senate Transportation Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/17/2015 Senate Second Reading Referred to Appropriations No Amendments 04/17/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/23/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/27/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 05/08/2015 Governor Signed SUPPORT LAND USE HB15-1134 CORAM COOKE New Diesel Motor Vehicles Emissions Testing MEMBER FYI 5 BILL# HB15-1150 HB15-1159 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Joint Budget Committee. For the 2015-16 state fiscal year RANKIN Sev Tax Op and for each state fiscal year thereafter, subject to existing Fund Transfers statutory requirements that operational fund money be GRANTHAM For Mine available before tier 2 programs are funded, the bill Reclamation requires $127,000 to be transferred from the operational fund to an existing special account in the general fund MONITOR established by the mined land reclamation board for the purpose of funding reclamation of lands that were FINANCE obligated to be reclaimed under permits upon which financial warranties have been forfeited. ARNDT DONOVAN Instream Flow Incentive Tax Credit MONITOR WATER In 2009, CO enacted the instream flow incentive tax credit for water rights holders for 6 years. When enacted, the tax credit included a trigger that made the credit unavailable if total general fund revenues for a particular fiscal year would not be sufficient to grow the total state general fund appropriations by 6% over the previous fiscal year's appropriations. The bill extends the instream flow incentive tax credit for water rights holders for an additional 5 income tax years. The bill also makes a change to the requirements of the donation, specifying that the donation may either preserve or improve the environment, rather than requiring that the donation only preserve the environment as originally enacted. Additionally, the bill removes the application of the trigger to the tax credit. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/28/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations 02/11/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 02/20/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 02/24/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/25/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 03/10/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 03/13/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/17/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/18/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/30/2015 Governor Signed 01/29/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance + Appropriations 03/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance 03/12/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 03/27/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 04/01/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/02/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/09/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 04/14/2015 Senate Finance Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1166 SAINE & ARNDT MARBLE South Platte Alluvial Aquifer Monitoring Network MONITOR WATER In 2012, the general assembly enacted House Bill 12-1278, which directed the Colorado water conservation board to contract with the Colorado Water Institute to conduct a study of the South Platte river alluvial aquifer. Recommendation 3.B. of the final study report was to implement a basin-wide groundwater monitoring network. Section 1 of the bill directs the state engineer, in consultation with the board, to design and operate a tributary groundwater monitoring network in the South Platte river alluvial aquifer. The monitoring network consists of the following components: Groundwater wells to be used for monitoring groundwater levels with the goal of identifying ambient groundwater conditions and anthropogenic influences on the aquifer, including: The existing division of water resources groundwater monitoring network, the addition of data loggers on up to 20 existing wells in the network, and up to 10 wells to be added to the network in areas where there are data gaps; Wells that are part of an independent monitoring network and owned by qualified parties other than the division of water resources who submit their groundwater monitoring data to the monitoring network; and Wells that are owned or operated by a state agency, water conservancy district, special district, county, municipality, or other unit of state or local government and designated by the state engineer; Data analysis standards and protocols established by the state engineer; and Dissemination of the monitoring data on the division's web site. Section 2 authorizes the use of the water resources cash fund to pay for the operation and maintenance of the network, and section 3 authorizes the use of the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to pay for the construction and maintenance of the network. 7 01/29/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations 02/09/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 02/20/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 02/24/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/25/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy + Appropriations 03/26/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/17/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/20/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 04/21/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/28/2015 Sent to the Governor BILL# HB15-1167 HB15-1177 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE The bill directs the Colorado water conservation board to BROWN South Platte study the feasibility of supplementing water supplies in the River Mainstem South Platte river basin through the construction of a new SONNENBERG Storage Study reservoir on the mainstem of the South Platte river between Greeley and Julesburg and the importation of SUPPORT water into Colorado from the Missouri river basin. The study must also estimate the volume of water that has been WATER delivered to Nebraska above the amounts required to be delivered by the South Platte river compact and that could otherwise have been stored in the lower South Platte river basin for each of the previous 20 years. The board must provide the water resources review committee and the governor's office with an update concerning the study by October 31, 2015, include the findings from the study in the Colorado water plan, complete the study by December 31, 2015, and provide a summary report on the study to the general assembly and the governor's office by February 15, 2016. The bill creates the rural economic development initiative WILLETT & Rural Economic grant program for the purpose of creating resiliency in and BECKER K. Development growing the economies of highly distressed rural counties. Initiative Grant The bill specifies economic factors to determine the DONOVAN Program distressed rural counties in the state and then requires the Colorado office of economic development to determine which of those distressed rural counties are highly MEMBER FYI distressed and eligible for the grants by reviewing and ranking those counties based on further economic indicators. Local governments and private employers in up to 30 highly distressed rural counties may apply for grants, on a reimbursement basis, that attract new jobs or encourage private capital investment. The program requires the applicants to provide matching funds and requires the applicants to meet certain performance criteria. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/29/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 02/18/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 02/25/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 03/27/2015 House Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely 01/29/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor + Appropriations 02/17/2015 House Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/17/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/20/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/21/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/21/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Business, Labor, & Technology + Appropriations 04/27/2015 Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Business, Labor, & Technology 05/04/2015 Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1178 SAINE & HUMPHREY MARBLE Emergency Well Pumping Damaging High Groundwater MONITOR The bill authorizes the state engineer, for the purpose of lowering the water table in an area that the state engineer determines is experiencing damaging high groundwater levels, to rescind an order or to decline to order a well user in the area to discontinue an out-of-priority diversion or to replace an amount of water otherwise required by an augmentation plan or a substitute water supply plan. WATER HB15-1222 BECKER K. SONNENBERG Water Efficiency Savings Instream Use Pilot OPPOSE WATER The bill authorizes the Colorado water conservation board to select the sponsors of up to 12 pilot projects for the board's acquisition of water efficiency savings for instream flow use without the need for a water court-decreed change of water right. The board may approve up to 5 pilot projects in any one water division, but only in divisions 4, 5, 6, and 7. In order to be able to collect sufficient data, each project should operate for at least 10 years. The board cannot accept an application for a pilot project after July 1, 2020. Each pilot project must cease operations within 10 years after its approval and after the conclusion of any water court appeals; except that if no claim of injury due to the operation of a pilot project has been filed or if all such claims have been resolved to the satisfaction of the party who filed the claim, the board may extend the operation of the pilot project for up to an additional 15 9 01/29/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 02/18/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 03/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/24/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/27/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/28/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/28/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/30/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations 05/01/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/05/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 05/06/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/06/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 02/17/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 03/09/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 03/16/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 03/17/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/17/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 03/26/2015 Senate Finance Postpone Indefinitely BILL# HB15-1225 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE years. The board will establish criteria and guidelines for the pilot projects. The bill specifies procedures for the board's consideration of pilot project applications, including ways to resolve claims of injury to other water rights through the imposition of terms and conditions to prevent injury. The amount of water efficiency savings acquired by the board cannot be more than the minimum amount necessary to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree. A party can appeal the board's determination with the appropriate water judge within 35 days after the board's decision has been mailed to the appropriate water clerk. A party may also file comments with the board by January 1 of the year following each year that a pilot project is operated concerning potential injury to such party's water rights due to the operation of the pilot project, in which case the original procedural safeguards must again be followed. By December 31, 2025, the board will file a report with the general assembly that evaluates and makes recommendations regarding the pilot projects' operation. RANKIN & BECKER K. Federal Land Coordination ROBERTS & DONOVAN MONITOR LAND USE The bill requires the governor, in cooperation with the executive director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of agriculture, and the executive director of the department of local affairs, to make available to interested local governments technical support to aid local governments in: Entering into cooperating agency relationships with federal agencies; ! Sharing information and expertise with federal land managers; Developing local land use plans; Hiring consultants to perform analyses of local government interests; Entering into memoranda of understanding with federal land management agencies; or ! Similar methods to improve coordination, cooperation, and collaboration in federal land management decision-making. The bill allows the governor to establish an advisory committee to provide technical assistance for one or more federal land management decision-making processes if the governor determines that the advisory committee would provide effective and efficient technical support for collaborative engagement. The bill requires the governor, in cooperation with the executive director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of agriculture, and the executive director of the department of local affairs, to notify local governments of the availability of technical assistance. The bill specifies that grant moneys may be awarded from the local government mineral impact fund for planning, analyses, public engagement, and coordination and collaboration with federal land managers and stakeholders, or for similar or related local government processes needed by local governments for engagement in federal land management decision-making. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 02/17/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government 02/26/2015 House Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 03/06/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 03/09/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 03/10/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/12/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government 03/24/2015 Senate Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/17/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/22/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/23/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/28/2015 Sent to the Governor 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1234 MITSCH BUSH SONNENBERG Income Tax Deduction For Leasing Out Ag Asset MEMBER FYI HB15-1245 VIGIL SONNENBERG Bd Of Land Commns Use Fund For Maintenance Costs The bill allows an income tax deduction for specified income tax years if a qualified taxpayer enters into a qualified lease with an eligible beginning farmer or rancher, in an amount specified in a deduction certificate issued by the Colorado agricultural development authority that is equal to 20% of the lease payments received from the eligible beginning farmer or rancher as specified in the qualified lease, not to exceed a specified amount per income tax year, for a maximum of 3 income tax years. The bill allows the state board of land commissioners to use up to $1 million of the moneys in the investment and development fund for asset maintenance, including, but not limited to, upkeep and replacement of buildings, agricultural sprinklers, fences, windmills, and water wells. MEMBER FYI HB15-1247 SAINE State Engineer Dam Safety Review Fees NEVILLE T. MONITOR LAND USE Legislative Audit Committee. The bill increases the fee that the state engineer collects with regard to dam project design review. The fee collected for the examination and filing of each set of plans and specifications required to be filed with the state engineer for a proposed dam project is increased from $3 for each $1,000 of the estimated cost of the proposed project to $6 for each $1,000 of the estimated cost of the proposed project, with the maximum fee raised from $3,000 to $30,000. The bill adds a fee of $2,000 per year for the annual inspection required of a dam against which the state engineer has imposed storage restrictions. The state engineer cannot impose the fee in the first year that the dam has been put under storage restrictions. The state engineer may waive the fee in any year that the state engineer determines that the owner or operator has taken reasonable steps toward curing deficiencies. 11 02/19/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance 03/09/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance 04/01/2015 House Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/17/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 04/20/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/21/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/21/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 04/28/2015 Senate Finance Postpone Indefinitely 02/24/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 03/11/2015 House Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 03/13/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/16/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/18/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 03/26/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/31/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/01/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/13/2015 Governor Signed 02/25/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 04/22/2015 House Finance to House Committee of the Whole 04/23/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 04/27/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/27/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/30/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Finance 05/01/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 05/04/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/05/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 05/06/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments BILL# HB15-1259 SPONSORS TITLE/POSIT Residential ESGAR & Precipitation DANIELSON Collection Rain Barrels MERRIFIELD MONITOR WATER HB15-1278 VIGIL (NONE) Use Ag Water Rights To Cultivate Marijuana BILL NARRATIVE Section 1 of the bill allows the collection of precipitation from a residential rooftop if: ! A maximum of 2 rain barrels with a combined storage capacity of 100 gallons or less are used; ! Precipitation is collected from the rooftop of a building that is used primarily as a single-family residence or a multi-family residence with 4 or fewer units; ! The collected precipitation is used on the residential property on which the precipitation is collected; and ! The collected precipitation is applied to outdoor purposes such as lawn irrigation and gardening. Section 1 of the bill also requires the state engineer, to the extent practicable within existing resources, to provide information on the permitted use of rain barrels on the state engineer's web site. Section 2 requires the department of public health and environment, to the extent practicable within existing resources, to develop best practices for nonpotable usage of collected precipitation and vector control and to post any best practices developed on the department's web site. Section 3 prevents a homeowners' association from prohibiting a unit owner from using rain barrels for precipitation collection. The bill specifies that using a water right that has been decreed for agricultural irrigation purposes for the cultivation of marijuana at a retail or medical marijuana cultivation facility is not a change of a water right if the use of the water is required for the cultivation of marijuana as contemplated or required by the facility's license. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 03/04/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 03/16/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 03/20/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Floor 03/23/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/25/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/16/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Lay Over Amended 05/05/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/05/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/07/2015 The bill instructs the division of parks and wildlife to study the management of black bears to avoid bear-human conflicts and enhance public safety. The division of wildlife will report to the agriculture, livestock, and natural resources committee of the house of representatives and the agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee of the senate. 03/23/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/01/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 04/06/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/07/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/09/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government 04/21/2015 Senate Local Government Refer Unamended Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/23/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 04/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/08/2015 Governor Signed ION 03/09/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/06/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely MONITOR WATER HB15-1304 WILLETT & LEBSOCK BALMER & SCOTT Bear Control MEMBER FYI 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HB15-1320 YOUNG & ARNDT GRANTHAM Agricultural Market Development Grants MEMBER FYI The bill creates an agricultural grant and reimbursement program within the department of agriculture. The Colorado agricultural value-added development board will oversee the program. The following grants and requirements are established: To be eligible for a proof-ofconcept and feasibility study grant, the applicant must: ! Submit a description of the project; ! Provide an analysis of the potential economic increase or competitive advantage for Colorado agriculture; and ! Have a dedicated source of funding that is at least 25% of the amount of the requested grant. To be eligible for an earlystage capital and business expansion grant, an applicant must: ! Be headquartered in Colorado, have at least 50% of the applicant's employees residing in Colorado, or indicate that Colorado's agricultural industry will be the primary beneficiary of the project; ! Submit a description outlining the need for capital; ! Provide an analysis indicating that the project could enhance the commercialization of an agricultural product or service within Colorado; and ! Have a dedicated source of funding that is at least 200% of the amount of the requested grant. To be eligible for a reimbursement of market development and promotion expenses, the applicant must: ! Employ fewer than 100 employees; ! Be headquartered in Colorado, have at least 50% of the applicant's employees residing in Colorado, or indicate that Colorado's agricultural industry will be the primary beneficiary of the project; ! Have a product that is market-ready; ! Have a dedicated source of funding that is at least 50% of the amount of the requested grant; and ! Have reimbursable project and expenses authorized by the board before the applicant incurs the expense. The bill sets basic requirements for the programs and authorizes the board to establish administration policies. Funding limits are placed on each grant or reimbursement. The bill also authorizes the board to fund promotional programs for Colorado agriculture. An appropriation is made to implement the bill. 13 03/30/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/06/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/13/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/30/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/30/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 05/01/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/01/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy + Appropriations 05/04/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely BILL# HB15-1325 HB15-1344 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE The bill adds 2 members to the industrial hemp committee: LEBSOCK Industrial Hemp A representative of the cannabinoid industry and a Dept of Ag representative of the seed growers' industry. The MARBLE committee shall investigate recycling of cannabis waste MEMBER FYI and hemp that inadvertently exceeds the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol allowed for hemp producers. By January 1, 2016, the committee will make a report to the commissioner of agriculture and the house and senate committees that oversee agriculture. Possession and transportation of hemp are added to the list of acts authorized by registration with the department of agriculture under the industrial hemp program. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 03/31/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/13/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/20/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 04/23/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/24/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 05/04/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely The creation of the national western center (NWC) is a partnership among the western stock show association, the city and county of Denver, Colorado state university (CSU), the Denver museum of nature and science, and history Colorado, formed for the purpose of building and operating a new yearround, multi-purpose national western center on and near the existing site of the Denver coliseum and historic national western stock show complex. Among other things, the NWC master plan provides for an integrated facilities program that includes a variety of facilities for CSU, including an equine sports medicine clinic, a collaborative community outreach veterinary clinic and clinical trials center, a water resources center, and a Colorado state university center that may include: a food systems innovation and learning center; a Denver urban extension center; an educational urban farm with demonstration fields; classrooms; laboratories; and a test kitchen and administrative space. Other facilities and CSU spaces may be identified as design progresses. Subject to specific project approval by the Colorado commission on higher education, the office of state planning and budgeting, and the capital development committee and inclusion of the projects to be financed in the governor's annual executive budget proposed to the general assembly, the bill authorizes the state, acting by and through the state treasurer, to enter into leasepurchase agreements in a total principal amount not to exceed $250 million and with a maximum term of 20 years for the purpose of financing the construction of facilities for CSU at the NWC and affiliated facilities on the CSU campus. Such a leasepurchase agreement does not create any liability or indebtedness of CSU. No later than August 1, 2016, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the national western center partnership must submit an annual national western center project report to the offices of the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. The report must include an update on the national western center project work plan and a general progress report. If the NWC is requesting state funding based upon the phased development schedule for the national western center project, it must also provide information regarding necessary facility 04/08/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/15/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/16/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/17/2015 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments Floor 04/17/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/22/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/24/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/28/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Floor 04/29/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/30/2015 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass DURAN & BECKER J. SONNENBERG & STEADMAN Fund Natl Western Ctr & Capitol Complex Projects MEMBER FYI 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE programming and an estimated budget. The national western center trust fund is created, and the state treasurer is required to annually transfer general fund moneys to the trust fund for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2019, in the -2- 1344 amount of the annual payments due on any outstanding leasepurchase agreements subject to specified maximum limits on the amount of each annual transfer. Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, CSU may expend money from the trust fund to make lease payments. The capitol complex master plan implementation fund is created. On and after July 1, 2019, the state treasurer must make annual transfers in specified amounts from the general fund to the implementation fund on July 1 of each fiscal year that commences on or after July 1, 2019, but before July 1, 2024. Once the balance of the implementation fund equals or exceeds a specified amount, and subject to projectspecific approval by the capital development committee and annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department of personnel may expend money from the fund for any project that is included in the capitol complex master plan. HB15-1364 CORAM & MITSCH BUSH SONNENBERG & DONOVAN Limited Scope Inspections Hydroelectric Projects SUPPORT LAND USE In 2014, the general assembly passed legislation to amend the inspection standards applied to small hydroelectric generation (small hydro) equipment to align with the minimum standards set forth in the 2011 "National Electrical Code" for small wind electrical production (small wind code). The small wind code provides specific limited installation and maintenance requirements for small wind electrical production; however, application of the small wind code does not provide for limited inspections when adapted to hydroelectric energy facilities that are connected to a utility's distribution lines. The bill clarifies that limited inspections apply to small hydro: ! Regardless of whether the facilities are connected to utility or other distribution lines; and ! For both inverter-based hydroelectric energy facilities and induction-based hydroelectric energy facilities generating 100 kilowatts or less. 15 04/16/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 04/23/2015 House Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/29/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 04/30/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/30/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 05/04/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 05/05/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 05/06/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/11/2015 Sent to the Governor BILL# HB15-1380 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Subject to the bill's requirements, for any income tax year BECKER K. & State Fin commencing on or after January 1, 2015, but prior to VIGIL Incentives January 1, 2018, section 1 of the bill allows a taxpayer a Watershed state income tax credit in an amount determined by the CROWDER Health Colorado water conservation board (board) for qualified expenditures the taxpayer has made for one or more MONITOR watershed health projects during the income tax year for which the taxpayer claims the credit. Section 1 also: ! WATER Gives the board exclusive authority to determine the amount of the credit allowed and imposes additional requirements on the board with respect to the amount of the credits it allows and the definition of qualified expenditure; ! Places an aggregate annual limit on the amount of tax credits the board may issue; ! Requires the board to submit a yearly report to specified committees of the general assembly that describes the status of any watershed health projects and any tax credit certificates it has issued; ! If a taxpayer receiving a credit is a passthrough entity, allows the taxpayer to allocate the credit among its partners, shareholders, members, or other constituent taxpayers; ! Prohibits the taxpayer from carrying forward a credit that exceeds the income tax due on the income of the taxpayer for the taxable year and requires the amount of the excess credit to be refunded to the taxpayer; and Requires the board to provide to the department of revenue by electronic means on an annual basis a report that identifies each of the taxpayers that received a credit for the particular year and specifies required contents of the report. The bill also allows a taxpayer to transfer all or any portion of a tax credit granted to another taxpayer for the other taxpayer, as transferee, to apply as a state income tax credit subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The tax credit is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. Section 2 of the bill creates a new grant program under which the board may award grant moneys to specified public entities and nonprofit entities that do not pay state income taxes to enable them to make qualified expenditures for watershed health projects. The board will administer the grant program. The bill specifies procedures governing the awarding of grant moneys by the board. The grant program is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 04/24/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/29/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Finance 04/29/2015 House Finance Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE HJR15-1006 VIGIL SONNENBERG Water Projects Revolving Fund Eligibility Lists CONCERNING APPROVAL OF WATER PROJECT REVOLVING FUND 102 ELIGIBILITY LISTS ADMINISTERED BY THE COLORADO WATER 103 RESOURCES AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. MEMBER FYI WATER SB15-008 ROBERTS VIGIL Promote Water Conservation In Land Use Planning MONITOR WATER Water Resources Review Committee. The bill directs the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB), in consultation with the division of planning in the department of local affairs (DOLA), to: Develop and provide free training programs, on a recurring basis, for local government water use, water demand, and land use planners regarding best management practices for water demand management and water conservation; and ! Make recommendations regarding how to better integrate water demand management and conservation planning into land use planning, including, as appropriate, legislative, regulatory, and guidance or policy recommendations. The CWCB and the Colorado water resources and power development authority, in determining whether to render financial assistance to a local governmental water supply entity, must consider whether the entity's planners, if it has any, have taken the training and are actively applying it in their planning decisions 17 01/15/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 01/26/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 01/28/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/29/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/04/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/09/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 01/14/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations 02/13/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/18/2015 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/20/2015 - No Amendments 02/20/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 02/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/27/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations 03/16/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 03/27/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 03/30/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/31/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/01/2015 Governor Signed BILL# SB15-009 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION JONES HAMNER Public Building Woody Biomass Energy Grant Program MONITOR LAND USE SB15-010 HODGE MITSCH BUSH Repeal New Augmentation Standard Dawson Aquifer MONITOR BILL NARRATIVE Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The bill promotes the use of woody biomass as a fuel source for public buildings by creating the woody biomass grant program. The program is funded by an annual $1 million transfer from the general fund for 5 fiscal years. The executivedirector of the department of natural resources will award grants to a public entity that will use woody biomass as a fuel source for a public building’s biomass energy system when either the use of the grant allows the public building to be cost-effective when compared with other fuelsor the executive director reasonably believes that making the grant provides other substantial benefits as specified in rules. The rules must include: A preference for making grants to projects that use a woody biomass energy system for 2 or more public buildings that are located near one another; and Criteria to evaluate grant applications and prioritize the award of grants, including at least an analysis of whether the public building is or will be located within a reasonable distance of a substantial forested area of the state as determined by the state forester. Water Resources Review Committee. Current law specifies that, beginning July 1, 2015, augmentation requirements for the withdrawal of water from the Dawson aquifer must be based on actual aquifer conditions. The bill repeals this requirement, thereby continuing current law, which requires replacement of actual out-of-priority depletions to the stream; except that the replacement of post-pumping depletions is required only if necessary to compensate for injury. WATER SB15-017 JONES CORAM Appellate Process For Decisions About Groundwater MONITOR WATER Water Resources Review Committee. Decisions or actions of the ground water commission (commission) or the state engineer regarding groundwater are appealed to a district court. Under current statute, the evidence that a district court may consider on appeal when reviewing a decision or action of the commission or state engineer is not limited to the evidence presented to the commission or state engineer. Therefore, unlike appeals from other state agencies' decisions or actions under the "State Administrative Procedure Act", a party appealing a decision or action of the commission or state engineer may present new evidence on appeal that was never considered by the commission or state engineer. The bill limits the evidence that a district court may consider whenreviewing a decision or action of the commission or the state engineer on appeal to the evidence presented to the commission or the state engineer. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 01/15/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 01/14/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 01/20/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/21/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/22/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 02/04/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 02/09/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/10/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/13/2015 Governor Signed 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 02/04/2015 Senate Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE SB15-021 BAUMGARDNER VIGIL Interstate Pest Control Compact Repeal The bill repeals the interstate pest control compact, which was adopted in Colorado in 2007 to coordinate and fund interstate pest control efforts SUPPORT DISTRICT OUTLOOK SB15-036 DONOVAN HAMNER Rural Economic Emergency Assistance Grant Program MEMBER FYI DISTRICT OUTLOOK SB15-039 LAMBERT HUMPHREY Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Federal Land MONITOR DISTRICT OUTLOOK The bill creates: The rural economic emergency assistance grant program in the division of local government within the department of local affairs for the purpose of disbursing emergency-based grant funds to rural communities experiencing significant economic events, such as layoffs including industrywide layoffs, that have a significant, quantifiable impact on the unemployment rate within the rural community; and The rural economic emergency assistance grant fund, to be administered by the director of the division for implementation of the program and into which $2 million is transferred from the general fund for the 2015-16 fiscal year and to w which gifts, grants, and donations may be transmitted. Currently, the federal government holds exclusive legislative jurisdiction over land within the state owned and operated by the United States forest service (USFS) and the United States bureau of land management (BLM). This means the federal government possesses all of the authority of the state to legislate and to exercise executive and judicial powers in connection with a particular land area, and the state has not reserved to itself a general right to exercise any of its authority concurrently with the United States. Concurrent legislative jurisdiction is a term that is applied to circumstances where a particular state reserves to itself the right to exercise, concurrently with the United States government, all of the same 19 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 01/15/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 01/21/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/22/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 01/26/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 02/09/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 02/13/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/19/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/13/2015 Governor Signed 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 02/03/2015 Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely 01/07/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 04/06/2015 Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/14/2015 Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/20/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 04/21/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments 04/22/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 05/04/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely BILL# SB15-055 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE authority possessed by the United States government with respect to a particular area. Under the bill, the state retains a concurrent legislative jurisdiction with the United States under the laws of the state in and over all USFS lands and BLM lands within the state: So that the state retains jurisdiction over civil and criminal processes with respect to such lands; To tax persons and corporations and their property and transactions on such lands so acquired; and To exercise such additional powers and legislative authority as will further protect the life, health, and safety of the residents of the state in accordance with the state's police power subject to any limitations arising from federal law. The bill permits a person to use a tail ditch to return HODGE Return Of variable amounts of water to a stream. The state engineer Water From shall not require the delivery of a minimum amount of ARNDT & Tail Ditch water to the stream, except as required by a court decree. BECKER J MONITOR WATER SB15-064 SONNENBERG BECKER, J. Application Of State Water Law To Federal Agencies SUPPORT WATER The bill states basic tenets of Colorado water law concerning water as a transferable property right, acknowledges that the federal government has maintained deference to state law with respect to water rights, and prohibits the United States forest service (USFS) and the federal bureau of land management (bureau) from placing conditions on special use permits for, or rights-of-way on, federal land that: Require the owner of a water right or a conditional water right to assign the USFS or the bureau partial or joint ownership of the water right; Impose limitations on the alienability of the owner's water right; or ! Impose restrictions that give the USFS or the bureau full or partial control over the use and operation of the water right. The bill also prohibits the state and division engineers from cooperating with the USFS or the bureau in enforcing or administering any such conditions on special use permits for, or rights-of-way on, federal land or from expending any public funds related to the enforcement or administration of any such conditions. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/12/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/05/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/10/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/11/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/17/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 03/02/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 03/06/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/09/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/26/2015 Governor Signed 01/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/12/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/18/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/19/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/02/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 03/16/2015 House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE SB15-075 GRANTHAM LUNDEEN Exempt Well Irrigate Up To 1 Acre Commercial Crops Current law exempts certain types of water wells from the prior appropriation system, including the irrigation of not over one acre of home gardens and lawns. The bill adds an exemption for water wells that do not exceed 15 gallons per minute of production and are used for the irrigation of not over one acre of commercial crops. 01/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/04/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely A water right may be used on one or more parcels of land and may be changed with regard to only some of the parcels. When a water judge decrees a change of a previously unchanged portion of a water right, the bill prohibits the water judge from reducing the actual historical consumptive use of that portion of the water right based on previously decreed changes of use involving another portion of the same water right used on other parcels of land. 01/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/05/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 02/11/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely The bill increases the amount of net revenue a producer selling under the "Colorado Cottage Foods Act" may earn per eligible product from $5,000 to $20,000 each calendar year. The bill defines "small business" and allows producers to sell products directly to small businesses for resale. 01/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 01/29/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/03/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/04/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/09/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor 02/19/2015 House Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 02/24/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee 02/25/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/02/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee OPPOSE WATER SB15-084 HODGE NONE Water Right Partial Historical Consumptive Use MONITOR WATER SB15-085 MARTINEZHUMENIK Small Business Cottage Foods Act WINTER & BUCK MEMBER FYI SMALL ACREAGE 21 BILL# SB15-093 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION SONNENBERG BECKER J. Compensate Owners Min Interests Extraction Regs SUPPORT LAND USE BILL NARRATIVE Whenever a local govt adopts or implements an ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or other form of official policy concerning mineral extraction operations that has the effect of reducing the fair market value of the owner's mineral interest by at least 60%, the bill specifies that the owner's interest is deemed to have been taken for a public use. In such circumstances, the bill allows the owner to obtain compensation from the local govt for the full diminution in the fair market value of the owner's interest caused by the regulatory impairment of the local govt. The procedures under the bill are intended to supplement and are not intended to displace or supersede existing rights, powers, and responsibilities provided by law for the payment of compensation where private property is taken for a public use. Not less than 63 days before an owner intends to undertake new mineral extraction operations within the territorial boundaries of a local govt, the owner must notify in writing the local govt of its intent to so act. Upon receiving the notice, if the local govt intends to adopt or implement an ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or other form of official policy concerning mineral extraction operations that has the likely effect of reducing the fair market value of the owner's mineral interest by at least 60%, the matter is to be set for a hearing before a board of commissioners or a jury in accordance with existing procedures for resolving claims for compensation where private property is taken for a public use. Any owner with a potential claim in the matter may elect to have the matter resolved by a district court if HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 03/05/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 03/09/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 03/18/2015 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint 03/19/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint 03/23/2015 Second Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 03/25/2015 House Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report Repass 03/26/2015 Senate Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report Repass 04/23/2015 Sent to the Governor 01/14/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/12/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/20/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Floor 02/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments 02/24/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/27/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 03/16/2015 House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE the owner does not want to have the matter resolved by a board of commissioners or jury. The purpose of the hearing is to make a preliminary value determination of the owner's interest. The hearing must be set not less than 7 days following service of the notice. Not less than 10 days following the hearing, the board of commissioners, jury, or district court, as applicable, is required to issue a preliminary value determination of the owner's interest that has been affected as a result of the regulatory impairment. Owner may challenge the preliminary value determination on the basis that the award is too low, but the local govt is not permitted to challenge the preliminary value determination on the basis that the award is too high. The local govt may proceed with implementing the ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or other form of official policy concerning mineral extraction operations that constitutes the regulatory impairment if it tenders the full amount of the preliminary value determination to the owner within 7 business days after the hearing. The amount tendered must also include the owner's reasonable attorney fees and costs. If the local govt fails to tender the full amount by that date, the local govt is precluded from implementing such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or other form of official policy. The bill permits the local govt to appeal the preliminary value determination if it posts a bond for the full amount of the award or deposits with a financial institution the full amount of the damages award in escrow in an interest-bearing account. 23 HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION BILL# SB15-119 SB15-127 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Sunset Process - Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, SONNENBERG Sunset Pesticide and Energy Committee. The bill implements the Applicators recommendations of the sunset review and report on the BECKER K. regulation of pesticide applicators by the department of SUPPORT agriculture by: Extending the repeal date of the regulatory program until September 1, 2024 (sections 1 and 2 of the DISTRICT bill); Adding a representative of the agricultural sector OUTLOOK affected by the federal pesticide worker protection standard and a representative of organic farmers to the pesticide advisory committee (section 3); Reducing the period for which private applicators must maintain records from 3 years to 2 years in keeping with applicable federal requirements (section 4); and Measuring the deadline for licensing applications by when the application is received rather than by when it is postmarked (sections 5 and 6). GARCIA DORE Tax Incentives For Agritourismrelated Activities MEMBER FYI DISTRICT OUTLOOK For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2016, but before January 1, 2021, the bill allows a private advertising or marketing agency (agency) to deduct from its federal taxable income for state income tax purposes an amount equal to 50% of the costs the agency incurs in donating advertising or marketing services to a local government with fewer than 120,000 residents, for the purpose of advertising or marketing an agritourism activity hosted by or occurring within the boundaries of the local government. An agency that donates a portion of the advertising or marketing services provided for advertising or marketing an agritourism activity and receives compensation from the local government for a portion of such services provided may deduct 50% of only the costs that were donated. An agency is prohibited from deducting more than $10,000 in any income tax year for which the deduction is claimed. In addition, for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2015, but before January 1, 2020, the bill allows a taxpayer who purchases equipment to be used for agritourism purposes to claim an income tax credit in an amount equal to the purchase price of the equipment. A taxpayer is not allowed to claim more than $500 in any income tax year. If the amount of the credit allowed exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's income tax liability for the income tax year during which the purchase was made, the amount of the tax credit may not be refunded, but may be carried forward for 5 years. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 01/26/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 02/05/2015 Senate AgEnergy Refer Unamended to Finance 02/12/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 02/18/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/19/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 02/24/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/22/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/23/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 04/27/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/29/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee 05/04/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Committee Recessed 05/06/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 05/06/2015 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 05/06/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 01/28/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy + Finance 02/11/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Finance 02/19/2015 Senate Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/10/2015 Senate Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE SB15-183 HODGE & SONNENBERG ARNDT & BECKER J. Quantify Water Rights Historical Consumptive Use MONITOR WATER SB15-196 MARBLE LEBSOCK Industrial Hemp Certified Seeds Concentration Test MONITOR SMALL ACREAGE When a water judge decrees a change of water right, the bill: Requires that a quantification of the actual historical consumptive use of the water right be based on a representative study period that: Includes wet years, dry years, and average years; Does not include years of undecreed use of the subject water right; and Need not include every year of the entire history of use of the subject water or periods of nonuse of the water right. Prohibits reconsideration/requantification of the historical consumptive use if the historical consumptive use has already been quantified in a previous change decree. The bill expands the industrial hemp committee to include a representative from cannabidiol industry and a representative from the certified seed growers industry. The bill requires the department of Ag to administer an industrial hemp certified seed program (program). The department may import seeds for the program. The commissioner of Ag (commissioner), in consultation with the industrial hemp committee and independent seed producers, shall promulgate rules for the program. The commissioner shall designate laboratories that an industrial hemp registrant may use for THC concentration testing purposes. The bill permits retail marijuana testing facility licensees to test industrial hemp for THC concentration levels. Current law provides criminal immunity from those processing, selling, and distributing industrial hemp. The bill extends that immunity to transporting and possessing hemp. 25 02/17/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 03/05/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/10/2015 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2015 - No Amendments 03/16/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments 03/17/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/20/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag 03/30/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/06/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 04/10/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/14/2015 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments 04/15/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 05/04/2015 Governor Signed 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 03/26/2015 Senate Ag Refer Amended to Finance 04/07/2015 Senate Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 04/17/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/22/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 04/23/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/24/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/27/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 05/01/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 05/01/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 05/04/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass BILL# SB15-198 SB15-212 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE The current fallowing pilot program administered by the CROWDER Expand Colorado water conservation board (board) allows an Fallowing Pilot agricultural water right owner to lease the agricultural VIGIL Program water right to a municipality for up to 3 out of 10 years. Nonmunicipal During the period of nonagricultural use, the owner Uses fallows the affected agricultural land. The bill expands the program to allow leases for temporary agricultural, MONITOR environmental, industrial, or recreational use. The bill also reduces the time period for receiving comments on a pilot WATER project application from 75 days to 60 days and requires the state engineer, within 15 days after a conference report has been filed or, if the board does not receive any comments on the pilot project application, within 30 days after the period of time for comments has expired, to review the application and make a determination on the issues of injury and compact compliance with respect to the application. Under current administrative practice, facilities that are SONNENBERG Storm Water designed to detain storm water for environmental and Facilities Not public safety purposes may be required to release water to WINTER Injure Water avoid injury to water rights. The bill specifies that storm Rights water detention and infiltration facilities and post-wildland fire facilities do not injure water rights. Water from these MONITOR facilities cannot be put to beneficial use or form the basis for any claim to or for the use of water. A "storm water WATER detention and infiltration facility" is defined as a facility that is owned or operated by a governmental entity or is subject to oversight by a governmental entity, designed and operated to continuously release or infiltrate at least 97% of all of the water from rainfall events that are equal to or less than a 5-year storm within 72 hours after the end of the rainfall event, and continuously release or infiltrate the water from rainfall events greater than a 5-year storm as quickly as practicable, but in no event over a period in excess of 120 hours. The facility must operate passively and cannot actively treat the storm water. A "post-wildland fire facility" means a facility that is not permanent; is located on, in, or adjacent to a nonperennial stream; is designed and operated solely for the mitigation of the impacts of wildland fire events; and is designed and operated to minimize the quantity of water detained and the duration of the detention of water to the levels necessitated by public safety and welfare. The person who installed or operated a post-wildland fire facility has to ensure that the facility is removed or rendered inoperable after the emergency conditions created by no longer exist. HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 03/03/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 03/12/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 03/17/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/18/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 03/23/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 03/30/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 04/01/2015 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/02/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/01/2015 Governor Signed 03/12/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/16/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/22/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/24/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 04/27/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/27/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government 04/29/2015 House Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/30/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 05/01/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee 05/04/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 05/05/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 05/06/2015 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE SB15-224 SONNENBERG (NONE) Building Foundation Well Permit Exemption MONITOR WATER SB15-232 BAUMGARDNER & SONNENBERG CO Federal Land Mgmt Commission CORAM MONITOR LAND USE Current law requires a permit to drill a water well. Section 1 of the bill specifies that neither a permit nor a replacement plan is needed for a system in a designated groundwater basin that collects and removes groundwater for the purpose of facilitating the use of land that would otherwise be adversely affected due to the presence of groundwater if the system does not penetrate a confining layer, and the farthest point of the collection system is no more than 10 feet from a building's foundation, the removed groundwater is not used for purposes other than collecting and removing groundwater from soils that are adjacent to a building's foundation, and the removed groundwater is returned directly into the aquifer. Section 2 makes an analogous exemption for areas of the state outside of designated groundwater basins. The bill creates the Colorado federal land management commission (commission) consisting of 15 members as follows: ! Two county commissioners from each region of the state with 50% or more federal land within its boundaries; ! One county commissioner from each region of the state with under 50% federal land within its boundaries; and ! Three members representing the western slope, southern, and northeastern regions of the state. The bill requires the commission to conduct a study to address the transfer of public lands in Colorado from the federal government to the state in contemplation of congress turning over the management and control of those public lands to the state. The bill also requires the commission to submit reports of its findings and recommendations to the Ag committees of the house of representatives and the senate and requires the commission to make a presentation of its final report to the Ag committees of the house of representatives and the senate. 27 03/20/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 03/26/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 04/15/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely 03/24/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/23/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/28/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Lost with Amendments - Floor BILL# SB15-234 SPONSORS TITLE/POSITION BILL NARRATIVE Provides for the payment of expenses of the executive, LAMBERT 2015-16 Long legislative, and judicial departments of the state of Appropriations Colorado, and of its agencies and institutions, for and HAMNER Bill during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, except as otherwise noted. SUPPORT DISTRICT OUTLOOK SB15-253 SONNENBERG VIGIL CO Water Conservation Board Construction Fund Project MONITOR WATER The bill appropriates the following amounts from the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB) construction fund for the following projects: ! $330,000 for continuation of the satellite monitoring system maintenance (section 1 of the bill); $500,000 for continuation of the Colorado floodplain map modernization program (section 2); ! $1,500,000 for continuation of the watershed restoration program (section 3); ! $1,000,000 for the operation and maintenance of the Arkansas river decision support system (section 6); ! $500,000 for technical assistance for the USDA regional conservation partnership program (section 7); ! $100,000 for water conservation planning and data tracking tools (section 8); ! $150,000 for support of the Colorado Mesonet project (section 9); ! $1,200,000 for participation in the development of modern tools and methods for determining large rain events for regulating and designing dam spillways (section 10); ! $175,000 for continuation of the weather modification program (section 11); and ! $125,000 for South Platte river basin groundwater level data collection, analysis, and remediation (section 12). The bill also directs the state treasurer to transfer moneys on July 1, 2015, from the CWCB construction fund to restore the unencumbered balance in the following funds to the following amounts: ! $500,000 for the flood and drought HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION 03/27/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 03/30/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/01/2015 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 04/02/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/06/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 04/07/2015 House Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 04/08/2015 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments Committee, Floor 04/09/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/10/2015 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee 04/14/2015 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments 04/16/2015 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 04/17/2015 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 04/24/2015 Governor Signed 03/27/2015 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy 04/16/2015 Senate Ag, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/24/2015 Senate Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/24/2015 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 04/27/2015 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 04/27/2015 Introduced In House - Assigned to Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources 04/29/2015 House Ag, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 05/01/2015 House Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 05/01/2015 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 05/04/2015 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 05/11/2015 Sent to the Governor 2015 CACD Bill Tracking Update February 9, 2016 290 Senate Bills CACD Tracking 53 Bills BILL# SPONSORS 392 House Bills 682 Total Bills TITLE POSITION BILL NARRATIVE CACD RESOURCE COMMITTEE response fund (section 4); and ! $200,000 for the litigation fund (section 5). Additionally, section 13 transfers the following amounts from the severance tax operational fund to the CWCB construction fund for the following purposes: ! $1,000,000 for the CWCB to continue the watershed restoration program as specified in section 3; and ! $1,200,000 for the CWCB to participate in the development of modern tools and methods for determining large rain events for regulating and designing dam spillways as specified in section 10. Section 14 transfers $500,000 from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the CWCB construction fund for the CWCB to continue the watershed restoration program as specified in section 3; Section 15 extends the stream restoration grant account in the flood and drought response fund to remain effective until July 1, 2017; and Finally, section 16 accounts for variation in the amount of money loaned for the Chatfield reallocation project in 2014 by acknowledging ordinary fluctuations in cost based on distribution of project ownership. 9 Support 3 Oppose 25 Monitor 14 Member FYI 22 Postponed Indefinitely CACD Resource Committees: District and Association Outlook and Finance Soil and Land Education and Public Outreach Small Acreage and Urban Interface Water Resources 13 Governor Signed 18 Awaiting Final Action 29 HISTORY/ FINAL ACTION
