SB 96-64 Signed Bill

• ISF Bill Number: SB96-64
• Description: Modifying procedures and endangered species
• ISF - Doc Type: Final Signed Legislation

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APPROPRIATlON,.OR DECREE 'SHALl BE MADE AS A NEW APPROPRIATION.

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. . (b) (I).. EXCEPT AS p.~QVI6Eb PURSUANT TO PA~GRAPH (d) OF
tHIS SUBSE~Tlp", (4), IFf.'~lHr.... BOARD DETERMINES. THAT IT IS
IAPPROPRIATE . TO"-;"'CONSIDER', DECREASING AN EXISTING DECREED
. APPROpRIATION/THE BQARD .SHAlt:.PROCEED THROUGH AN ADEQUATE PUBLIC
NOJICE AND .cOMMENT. PROCESS TO.. CONSIDER SUCH DECREASE AT A PUBLIC
MErrING. .. :., . '.' .-'-:, .
(II) .FOR THE PURPOSES OF'THIS PARAGRAPH (b), "ADEQUATE
PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT PROCESS a SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
(A) NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED DECREASE AND THE DATE OF THE
PUBLIC MEETING AT WHICH IT WILL FIRST BE CONSIDERED SHALL BE
PRINTED IN THE RESUME IN THE WATER COURT HAVING.JURISDICTION OVER
THE DECREE tHAT IS THE. SUBJECT OF THE DECREASE. THE FIRST PUBLIC
MEETING OF .THE -aOARD~:-Atb~HICHf!tHJ. DECREASE- IS TO...BE CONSIDERED
SHALL OCCUR; 'AT.;:lEASJ. sImii DI\Y$;-AFTER .THE MONTH ~ IN WHICH THE
RESUME IS PUBLISHED.. NOTICE' SHALL J\LSO BE PUBLISHED IN A
NEWSPAPER OF STATEWIDE DIST~IBUTION WIT~IN THIRTY TO FORTY-FIVE
DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH FIRST PUBl1C MEETING.
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(B) IF THE BOARD 'DECIDES AT SUCH FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TO
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED DECREASE, THE BOARD SHAlt 'ANNOUN~E -PUBLICLY
THE DATE OF A SUBSEQUENT. P~B~IC MEETING FOR SUCH ~URPOSE.
.' ".~H(C)'.; ON.:lH~-1rIRIR.EN,IlEQY~.u.Q.F-. ANY~r~R$Ot(~~E>lrJ..lTHIN .THIRTY
DAYS AFTER THE:OATE OF THE :F1RST PUBLIC MEETING~'lHE "BOARD SHAll
DELAY THE SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC.;MEETING FOR UP JO ONE YEAR TO AllOW
SUqHPERSON.lJiEJQ.e.POlitttf(~TfimJL~&i~Q~lEC'rIO";Of>:~CIgfTIf-IC DATA
MATEROO3CJ06HE~~:.PROP:OSeDad)~~EftS.~- 11-::SUCH;: .R~QU~r~.MAY .. NOT :BE
INTERPOSED SOLELY J=OR DELAY' OFTHE PROCEEDINGS. ..,."........ -' .
t' ~.-.(D.)?: ON ffHE- WRITtEN: REQYE~JtOF :.ANY PERSON;MAOE :WITHIN THIRTY
DAYS;AF.TER;iTHE!DATE Ofr THE~F.tR.~1;r.PUBUC MEETING,'" THE. BOARD ~HALL,
WITHIN SIXTYtDAYS;:AFIER{,Sll.~"J~EQ!..I~ST, ESTABLISH FAIR AND FORMAL
PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBSEQUENT: -PURlJC MEETING;" tNCLUOING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR REASONABLE DISCLOSURE, DISCOVERY, SUBPOENAS,
DI-RECY.'-EXAMINATION, 'AND...CRQSS EXAMINATION, AND MAY PROMULGATE
RULES - .THAT WILL ASSURE. 'OROERl Y PROCEDURES. SUBJECT TO THESE
RIGHTS:AND REQUIREMENTS,'..WHERE A MEETING WILL BE EXPEDITED AND THE
INtERESTS OF. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT BE SUBSTANTIAllY. PREJUDICED
THEREBY; .THE, BOARD ..MAY RECE-IVE AllOR PART OF THE EVIDENCE IN
WRITTEN-FORM~ ;

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... .: "(UI) : THE BOARD.'S.FINAlWRITTEN DETERMINATION REGARDING THE
DECREASE SHAlt.STATE ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, BE MAILED PROMPTLY TO THE
PERSONS WHO APPEARED By'WRITTEN OR. ORAL COMMENT AT THE BOARD'S
P.ROCEEDING, .AND BE FIlED PROMP.TlY WITH THE'WATER COURT. WITHIN
THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH .EfFECTIVE DATE, ANY PERSON WHO APPEARED BY
WRITTEN OR. ORAL COMMENT AT THE. BOARD'S PROCEEDING MAY FILE WITH
THE'WATER COURT AND SERV(THE BOARD A PETITION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
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