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BILL HB10-1006


Short Title: Fund Water Resources Tier 1 Operational
Sponsors: CURRY / BROPHY

Water Resources Review Committee. Authorizes the expenditure of up to 5% of the moneys in tier 1 of the operational account of the severance tax trust fund for the division of water resources, and allows this increase to supplant moneys that would otherwise be made available to the division from the general fund. Eliminates the tier 1 authorization for the division of wildlife to account for the increase.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations
01/26/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/12/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely


BILL HB10-1051


Short Title: Water Efficiency Plans Annual Reports
Sponsors: POMMER / WHITEHEAD

The bill requires water providers' water efficiency plans to include specific elements, including the use of water-efficient washing machines, and, beginning in 2013, requires water providers to annually report to the Colorado water conservation board the total amount of water provided to major sectors of water customers, the total number of accounts or taps served in each such sector, an estimate of the resident population and total population served by the covered entity, an estimate of the amount of water that has been saved for the year through the implementation of certain plan elements, and a description of any changes made to the plan elements.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
04/07/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/07/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/13/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
04/22/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
04/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/10/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/11/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/12/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/04/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL HB10-1086


Short Title: Ltd Liab Water Right Recreation Purposes
Sponsors: CURRY / HODGE

Under current law, a landowner can be held liable for injuries suffered by a trespassing minor if the land contains an attractive nuisance. Sections 1 and 4 of the bill specify that a facility constructed for the diversion, storage, conveyance, or use of water is not an attractive nuisance with regard to a landowner's liability to a trespasser. Sections 2 and 3 expand the definition of "recreational purpose" as to which a landowner's liability is limited under current law. Section 3 also specifies that a landowner is not liable for injuries to members of the public who use land for recreational purposes unless the landowner willfully or deliberately caused the injuries.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
01/28/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely


BILL HB10-1188


Short Title: Clarify River Outfitter Navigation Right
Sponsors: CURRY / HODGE

Current law is unclear regarding the scope of the existing right of navigation. Section 1 of the bill recognizes that the state's adoption of the common law of England established the right of navigation. Section 2:
* Clarifies that a guide employed by a licensed river outfitter and the guide's passengers may float on waterways that have historically been used for commercial float trips without committing civil or criminal trespass if they gain access to the waterway from public land or from private land with consent and make only incidental contact with the beds and banks of the waterway while floating and portaging;
* Limits a landowner's liability to such persons to damages willfully or deliberately caused by the landowner unless the person is an invitee or licensee of the landowner;
* Specifies that such a person who damages private property is liable for the damage; and
* Specifies that nothing in the law regulating river outfitters affects water rights. Section 3 makes a conforming and clarifying amendment to the criminal trespass statute.

Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
02/08/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/15/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/16/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/02/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/15/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/18/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/22/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/24/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/29/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
05/11/2010 First Conference Committee Result was to No Report


BILL HB10-1204


Short Title: Plumbing Code Water Conservation Stnd
Sponsors: SOPER / TOCHTROP

The bill requires the plumbing code adopted by the examining board of plumbers in the department of regulatory agencies to include standards for water efficiency and conservation, water-efficient fixtures and installation guidelines, and the use of locally produced materials.

Status
01/26/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
02/10/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/08/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/12/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/15/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/22/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/05/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL HB10-1221


Short Title: Sunset Licensing River Outfitters
Sponsors: CURRY / SCHWARTZ

Sunset Process - House Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee. The bill implements the sunset review recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies regarding river outfitters pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law, with modifications. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the bill extend the river outfitting licensure program until September 1, 2019. Sections 4 and 6 broaden the definition of "advertise" in connection with the licensure requirement. Section 6 also directs the board of parks and outdoor recreation (board) to adopt a schedule for license renewals, with license terms not to exceed 3 years, and allows the length of license terms to be staggered so that approximately equal numbers of licensees renew their licenses each year. Section 5 requires the board to e-mail a notice of every proposed rule to each licensee. Section 7:
* Specifies that, of the 500 river miles currently required to be qualified as a trip leader, at least 250 must be from regulated trips and no more than 250 may be from nonregulated trips;
* Requires all guides to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
* Repeals the guide qualification exemption for designated faculty members of institutions of higher education in charge of water sport activity courses. Section 8 makes a river outfitter that operates a river-outfitting business without a valid license liable for an administrative penalty of 5 times the annual licensing fee. Section 9 recreates the river outfitter advisory committee, consisting of 2 river outfitters and one representative of the division of parks and outdoor recreation (division), and directs the committee to make recommendations concerning rules and proposed rules, including notification to outfitters of inspections and division personnel changes and safety and customer and outfitter interaction training standards for division rangers who oversee regulated trips. Section 10 repeals the advisory committee on September 1, 2019.

Status
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations
02/24/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/24/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/05/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/15/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/23/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
04/15/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/21/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/27/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/29/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL HB10-1250


Short Title: Water Conservation Bd Construction Fund
Sponsors: FISCHER / HODGE

The bill appropriates the following amounts from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund for the following projects:
* $250,000 for continuation of satellite monitoring system maintenance; Scanlan, Solano, Sonnenberg, Tyler, Vigil
* $50,000 for instream flow engineering and technical support services;
* $175,000 for continuation of the weather modification program;
* $500,000 for continuation of the Colorado floodplain map modernization program;
* $250,000 for continuation of the watershed restoration program; and
* Up to $300,000 to restore the unencumbered balance in the flood response fund to $300,000.

Status
02/03/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
02/03/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations
02/03/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Appropriations
02/24/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
02/24/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/05/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed
03/15/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
03/18/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources + Appropriations
04/15/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/30/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
05/04/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/10/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/24/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/24/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/04/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL HB10-1327


Short Title: Cash Fund Transfers Augment General Fund
Sponsors: POMMER / WHITE

Budget Package Bill. For the purpose of augmenting the amount of revenues in the state general fund for the 2009-10 state fiscal year, the state treasurer is required to transfer specified amounts of moneys to the general fund from the following funds:
* The employment support fund;
* The higher education maintenance and reserve fund;
* The motor fleet management fund;
* The public safety communications trust fund;
* The emergency controlled maintenance account in the capital construction fund;
* The waste tire recycling development cash fund;
* The processors and end users of waste tires cash fund;
* The local government permanent fund;
* The Colorado water conservation board construction fund;
* The operational account of the severance tax trust fund;
* The local government severance tax fund;
* The law enforcement assistance fund for the prevention of drunken driving and the enforcement of laws pertaining to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (referred to as the LEAF fund). The transfers from the specified funds will occur on the effective date of the bill.

Status
02/08/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
02/16/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
02/22/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/24/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Lay Over Daily
03/02/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/03/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
03/10/2010 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised
03/18/2010 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
03/22/2010 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
04/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/07/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SB10-019


Short Title: Valuation Of New Hydroelec Facilities
Sponsors: SCHWARTZ / FISCHER

Water Resources Review Committee. The bill requires a new hydroelectric energy facility to be valued for the purpose of property taxation in the same manner in which new wind energy facilities and new solar energy facilities are valued for that purpose.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government and Energy
01/21/2010 Senate Committee on Local Government and Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/03/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/04/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments
02/12/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
02/12/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/03/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/03/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/15/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/16/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/18/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/10/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/10/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/04/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/08/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SB10-025


Short Title: Extend Funding Water Efficiency Grants
Sponsors: WHITEHEAD / BAUMGARDNER

Water Resources Review Committee. The water efficiency grant program is currently scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2012. Section 1 of the bill extends the repeal until July 1, 2020, and authorizes up to $550,000 of annual appropriations from the cash fund beginning on July 1, 2010. Section 2 annually transfers $550,000 from tier 2 of the operational account of the severance tax trust fund to the water efficiency grant program cash fund beginning on July 1, 2012.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources + Appropriations
02/04/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
02/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/24/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
02/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/17/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/17/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/22/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/23/2010 House Second Reading Passed
03/25/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/10/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/10/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/10/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/04/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SB10-027


Short Title: Fine Illegal Surface Water Diversions
Sponsors: SANDOVAL / ROBERTS

The bill subjects a person who illegally diverts surface water to the same $500-per-day fine that currently applies to illegal diversions of groundwater.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources + Appropriations
01/28/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/05/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/09/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/15/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/17/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/10/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/10/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/15/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/16/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/17/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/14/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SB10-052


Short Title: Alter Designated Groundwater Basin Area
Sponsors: BROPHY / CURRY

Under current law, the groundwater commission (commission) may alter periodically the areas contained in a designated groundwater basin. This bill will allow the commission to revise the boundaries of a designated groundwater basin to omit previously included areas only if the revision would not exclude any wells for which conditional or final permits have been issued.

Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
01/21/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
01/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/01/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/03/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Passed
03/10/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/22/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/22/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/22/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/31/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SB10-067


Short Title: Exempt Sch Irrigation Wells Prior Approp
Sponsors: HODGE

The bill exempts public school wells that pump 15 gallons per minute or less, are located in a school district that serves a population of 25,000 or less, and are used only for irrigation from the "Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969".

Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
02/11/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely


BILL SB10-078


Short Title: Facilitate Use Of Reusable Effluent
Sponsors: HODGE

The bill defines the term "decreed consumptive use water", defines "reusable effluent" to include decreed consumptive use water, and:
* Authorizes an appropriator to use, reuse, and make a succession of uses of the return flows of reusable effluent in any place or for any beneficial use and to dispose of such water by exchange or otherwise; and
* Directs the state engineer to review contemplated uses of the return flows of reusable effluent to ensure that:
* They originate from reusable effluent;
* The appropriator has established an adequate measuring and accounting system to measure the volume of the return flows of reusable effluent;
* The appropriator has established an adequate means of measuring transit loss between the point of introduction and the point of withdrawal of the return flows of reusable effluent; and
* The appropriator can demonstrate that the return flows of reusable effluent to be withdrawn for use have previously been placed to beneficial use at least one time and discharged back to the water body after passing through a domestic wastewater facility.

Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
02/11/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely


BILL SB10-165


Short Title: Adjust Oil And Gas Well Regulation
Sponsors: HODGE / HULLINGHORST

House Bill 09-1303 imposed new requirements on oil and gas wells, including permitting by the state engineer and substitute water supply plans. Section 1 of the bill specifies that, except for coal bed methane wells, no well permit is required if the nontributary ground water being removed will not be beneficially used or beneficially used only for uses allowed under the "Oil and Gas Conservation Act". Sections 2 and 3 extend the well permitting and substitute water supply plan compliance deadlines for oil and gas wells, including coal bed methane wells, from March 31, 2010, to August 1, 2010.

Status
02/05/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
02/17/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/22/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/23/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
03/02/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/05/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/08/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/09/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
03/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/18/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/22/2010 Governor Action - Signed


BILL SJR10-004


Short Title: Water Projects Eligibility Lists
Sponsors: WHITEHEAD / FISCHER

*** No bill summary available ***

Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture and Natural Resources
01/28/2010 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/29/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/04/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
02/10/2010 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/16/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/17/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/02/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/03/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/03/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed