2-28 House Committee amended to appropriations

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2-28 House Committee amended to appropriations Page 15 of 22 Madame Chair: Rep. Hoppy: Madame Chair: Rep. PelllY the opposite party. They are the two who have the greatest expertise in my valley. Representative Hoppy did you have your hand up? Yes, I did, and I think we're taking, if we followed that recommendation, and I'll save the remainder of my comments for if there is actually an amendment. But we're taking a nonpartisan issue and interjecting politics in it, and it's best to keep the politics out as best we can. So when the time comes for that fight I'll fight it. We'll see how the vote goes when we get an amendment. Any other hands up? Okay. I think we were stalled on Line 9 I think. Let's talk about L005 Representative Penry. Thank you Madame Chair. L005 is the product of a number of conversations between myself and the Chair on an otherwise beautiful Sunday afternoon yesterday. In an attempt to resolve really some of - the last outstanding issue. One of the things that we've really, that we've wrestled with was refining the negotiating procedures. The framework at the Interbasin Compact Committee level. And as we would address one set of concerns somebody else's concerns would come up. It was the classic, kinda whack 'em all situation that we were finding ourselves in. And so what we decided to do in this language was rather than the general assembly say how these negotiations will proceed, we direct the Interbasin Compact Committee, made up of these professionals and experts from all backgrounds and from all around the state, to develop their own negotiating chalier, their own framework. And tell us, and come back and ask, and the General Assembly would have to approve this charter. To tell us what authorities, what procedures they want to use. And if you go through, beginning on Line 23, we spell out, at a minimum, what must be included in the charter, but these are sort of broad directives and beyond that we'll rely on the Interbasin Compact Committee and the water professionals to fill in the blanks. 3A says that the charter has to include the framework and principles for negotiations, including policies to make sure that these Compacts don't overlap or not conform with one another. Subparagraph B on the top of Page 11 tells them to come up with their own procedure for ratifying these Compacts. One of the things that we had heard and there wasn't unanimity one way or the www.escriptionist.com Page 15 of 22