LEG00068

• Bill Number: HJR05-1055
• Year: 2005
• Title: Concerning the organization of a special joint committee of the senate and house of representatives to consider issues relating to colorado's rural areas
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

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First Regular Session
Sixty-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO

REVISED

LLS NO. ROS-IOO2.01 Karen Woods
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP

HJROS-I055

Hodge,

Isgar,

SENATE SPONSORSHIP

House Committees
LocaI Government

Senate Committees
Agriculture, Natural Resources & Energy

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 05-1055
CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF A SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE OF
THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONSIDER
ISSUES RELATING TO COLORADO'S RURAL AREAS.

WHEREAS, Rural America, occupying more than 80 percent of
the land area of the United States and accounting for a fifth of its
population, is rich in ecological and cultural diversity; and

WHEREAS, Technological, political, and economic changes have
brought a profound transformation to agriculture and other renewable
resource industries and to the rural communities dependent on them; and

WHEREAS, Some rural communities face a drain of population
while others, particularly those with high scenic or recreatiomil value,
struggle willi burgeoning populations placing new demands on
ecosystems and traditional ways of life; and

$~ijii~ll!~:~1 Double underlinin~ denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing stature.
Dashes through the words. indicate delelions from existing .Ialule.

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