BOARD01143

• Board Meeting Date: 12/11/1953
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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"Director I. C. Crawford was asked to come in and
discuss particularly the new ground water statute
(S.B. 120 of the 39th General As.embly). He pointed I.'
out that it was co,nposed of two parts, a well drillers
licensing law and the rudiments of a groundwater code.
Because of lack of funds for aclninistration, only that
part relating to well drilling and well drillers was
being enforced. Well drillers themselves must do
their own policing to obtain enforcement of licensing.
Provisions of the Act did not permit him to use the
funds collected from licenses to well drillers. The
Governor had allotted him Ji2,000 from his funds to carry
on. With this a clerk was hired and certain forms were
printed. About 100 licenses had been issued which am-
ounted to about ~2,500 in the fund. Licenses expire
December 31 so more would be co.fling in soon.

In answer to some questions put to him these items
were cleared up: l. In order that that part of S.B.
120 relating to districts could be adninistered a
competent ground water specialist was needed and for
this and the other features a total of about J12,000
annually would be required.. 2. As to amencl-nents to
S.B. 120, the wording should be changed permitting
the moneys collected from well drillers license fees
to be used for adninistration. 3. The State Water
Board Ground-Water Committee, former chair.nan Clifford
Stone, was not functioning at this time. 4. As to
why chairmanship of.that committee was no longer re-
tained by the Director of the State Water Board, he
stated that the Board had wanted to relieve him of
some of the many duties saddling that office. 5. He
assured the co:nmittee of the continued interest .of
the Board in the functioning of the Ground-Water Com-
mittee. When asked if he would be willing to accept
chairmanship of that committee he replied that he had
a considerable personal interest in the matter and if
this sub-committee desired his acceptance he would be
willing to assume such a duty if agreeable to the
Board."

Mr. Crawford: "No
,
We are charged with

portion of the Act.

sponsibility to the

not too much. I would agree to it.
responsibility for the second
So far, we have confined our re-
issuance of oil drillers licenses."

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~'ir. Beaty: "Does that take much of your time?"

Mr. Bailey: "What does the Board wish to do on this
resolution?"

Mr. Moses: "I MOVE that the director be designated to
participate in the Agricultural Planning Committee".