BOARD02492

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2005
• Description: Status of Legislation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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(1) ~ To FACILITATE THE PROCESS OF INTERBASIN COMPACT

NEGOTIATlUNS, A TWbNTY-SbVbN-MEMtlEk INlhRBASIl'i COMt'ACT

COMMITTEE IS HEREBY CREATED. THE INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITrEE

SHALL INCLUDE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH BASIN ROUNDTABLE,

AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL RESIDE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE

ROUNDTABLE AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL OWN ADJUDICATED

WATER RIGHTS. INCLUDING OWNERS OF SHARES IN A DITCH OR RESERVOIR

COMPANY OR THEIR AGENTS. SIX AT -LARGE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE

GOVERNOR, ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE HOUSE

AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, AND NATIJRAL RESOURCES COMMITfEE, ONE

MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE AGRICULTURE,

NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENERGY COMMITrEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF

COMPACT NEGOTIATIONS. THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS SHALL COME

FROM GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE PARTS OF THE STATE AND SHALL

INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WITH EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL,

RECREATIONAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL

MATIERS. No MORE THAN THREE OF THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES SHALL

BE AFFILIATED WITH THE SAMEPOLITICALP ARTY. ANY SUCH AGENT SHALL

BE APPOINTED BY THE MEMBER THE AGENT REPRESENTS AND SHALL RESIDE

WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE MEMBER'S ROUNDTABLE.

(b) As SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF

THIS ARTICLE. THE COMMITrEE SHALL ESTABLISH BYLAWS TO GOVERN ITS

ACTIONS. INCLUDING A PROCEDURE WHEREBY BASIN ROUNDTABLES THAT

OPT OUT OF THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE NO

LONGER REPRESENTED ON THE COMMITIEE BUT MAY OPT BACK IN.

(2) NOT LATER THAN JULY 1,2006, THE INTERBASIN COMPACT

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