2-28 House Committee amended to appropriations

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2-28 House Committee amended to appropriations Page 10 of 22 interests, and five of whom shall own adjudicated water rights, their own water shares in a ditch or reservoir company. One of the things you heard from the Farm Bureau and other water providers is that it was instmmental that those people who actually own water have a seat at the table in a meaningful way, and this provision gets at that concept in a balanced way. Subparagraph C is another way to sort of integrate SWSI with this process. The members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board who live in a basin roundtable will act as sort of a liaison between the roundtable and the CWCB again so there's that important chain of communication between the two processes. Madame Chair: And Representative Penry, maybe you'll go back to it, but you skipped up to thee nonvoting members appointed by the roundtable members - Rep. PelllY I'm sorry, I did miss that. Madame Chair: Who shall represent entities outside of the basin. Rep. PelllY Yeah. This was an issue raised by some of the water developers who have moved their water from other places. I was not willing to give them a vote in every roundtable where they are moving water or some of the larger municipal providers would've had votes in every roundtable. But it is important for them to have a say or at least a seat at the table so they can inject their thoughts. And so that's where these people will - those who move water from one area to another, will be nonvoting members on those roundtables. Again, just so that they're given a nonvoting seat at the table. Madame Chair: Oh, Representative McFadyen Rep. McFadyell: Thank you Madame Chair and Representative Penry. In looking at L009, and I know we're not up to L0012 yet, but one of the things that I would like to see in this legislation that isn't - that could happen naturally, but I would like to ensure it does happen - I have discussed this with Mr. McNulty, is that there be bipartisan representation at these roundtables. And so I'm hoping that you would be okay with amending, when we get to amendments, L009 to have language in there which Mr. McNulty helped me with, ensuring that no more than a majority of whom shall be from any one political party, both at L009 and probably LOO 12. And that would give me a great deal of comfort. www.escriptionist.com Page 10 of 22