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Detailed Committee Information		2015 January
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The 64th Regular Session of the Montana Legislature adjourned Sine Die on April 28th, 2015.
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Committee Name:(H) Natural Resources
Normal Room:172
Normal Days:MWF
Normal Time:3:00 PM

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Scheduled Hearings

DateTimeRoomBill Type - NumberShort TitlePrimary SponsorComments
20-APR-153:00 PM172HR 3      Current Text in .HTML format    Support payment to Lincoln CountyMike Cuffe  (R) HD 2 
13-APR-153:00 PM172SJ 18     Current Text in .HTML format    Study light detection and ranging dataMike Phillips  (D) SD 31 
10-APR-153:00 PM172SB 20     Current Text in .HTML format    Reallocate metal mines license taxChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
10-APR-153:00 PM172SB 326   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise state land lawsJedediah Hinkle  (R) SD 32 
10-APR-153:00 PM172SB 409   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise metal mine lawsChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
01-APR-153:00 PM172SB 353   Current Text in .HTML format    Constitutional referendum to divert coal trust and create Build Montana programRick Ripley  (R) SD 10 
01-APR-153:00 PM172SB 354   Current Text in .HTML format    Create infrastructure funding programRick Ripley  (R) SD 10 
01-APR-153:00 PM172SB 387   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise water quality violation penaltiesCary Smith  (R) SD 27 
30-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 325   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise process for adopting water quality regulationsJim Keane  (D) SD 38 
30-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 329   Current Text in .HTML format    Limit liability for aviation on state landsPat Connell  (R) SD 43 
30-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 47     Current Text in .HTML format    Increase assessments on owners of classified forest landJP Pomnichowski  (D) SD 33 
27-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 118   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify water right not abandoned if conveyance disruptedBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
27-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 361   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify standing provisions in Water Court proceedingsBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
27-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 389   Current Text in .HTML format    Provide definitions for intermittent, ephemeral streamsBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
25-MAR-153:00 PM172HB 626   Current Text in .HTML format    Prohibit perpetual care of metal mine after remediationNate McConnell  (D) HD 89 
25-MAR-153:00 PM172HB 630   Current Text in .HTML format    Retain state prerogatives to allocate, administer, protect state water resourcesTheresa Manzella  (R) HD 85 
25-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 330   Current Text in .HTML format    Clarify state water reservation reviewsBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
23-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 112   Current Text in .HTML format    Require TMDL development for certain water bodiesDuane Ankney  (R) SD 20 
23-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 160   Current Text in .HTML format    Add definitions for natural condition of streamDuane Ankney  (R) SD 20 
23-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 355   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise brownfield site clean up eligibility lawsDuane Ankney  (R) SD 20 
16-MAR-153:00 PM172HB 510   Current Text in .HTML format    Assist local governments with federal land projectsAlan Redfield  (R) HD 59 
16-MAR-153:00 PM172HB 590   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise state finance laws to received proceeds from Libby Dam water storage/useMike Cuffe  (R) HD 2 
16-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 102   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise air quality fee structure lawsDuane Ankney  (R) SD 20 
13-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 221   Current Text in .HTML format    Transfer of Willow Creek dam to water users associationDebby Barrett  (R) SD 36 
13-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 229   Current Text in .HTML format    Extend historic county road or utility right-of-way application datesBruce Tutvedt  (R) SD 3 
13-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 34     Current Text in .HTML format    Facilitate cabin and home-site salesTom Facey  (D) SD 50 
11-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 256   Current Text in .HTML format      Authorize the attorney general to intervene involving timber reduction projectsBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
11-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 37     Current Text in .HTML format      Revise laws for filing of exempt water right claimsJennifer Fielder  (R) SD 7 
11-MAR-153:00 PM172SJ 2      Current Text in .HTML format      Study state assumption of federal dredge and fill permittingBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
09-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 136   Current Text in .HTML format    Generally revise hazardous waste feesBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
09-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 56     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise river bed lawsBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
09-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 96     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise the controlled allocation of liability lawsJim Keane  (D) SD 38 
06-MAR-153:00 PM172HB 496   Current Text in .HTML format      Establish public lands task forceKerry White  (R) HD 64 
06-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 57     Current Text in .HTML format      Revise water adjudication funding and benchmarksChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
06-MAR-153:00 PM172SB 97     Current Text in .HTML format      Revise process to modify classification of state water bodiesChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
20-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 525   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise aquatic invasive species fund lawsMark Noland  (R) HD 10 
20-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 541   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise laws related to property right salesBill Harris  (R) HD 29 
20-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 553   Current Text in .HTML format      Generally revise aquatic invasive species lawsMark Noland  (R) HD 10 
20-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 570   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise flood plain notification processClayton Fiscus  (R) HD 43 
18-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 465   Current Text in .HTML format    Preserve the ability of Montana citizens to heat structures by burning woodTheresa Manzella  (R) HD 85 
18-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 519   Current Text in .HTML format    Generally revise exempt well lawsCarl Glimm  (R) HD 6 
18-FEB-153:00 PM172HJ 19     Current Text in .HTML format    Resolution against efforts to claim, take over, litigate, or sell federal landsEd Lieser  (D) HD 5 
16-FEB-153:00 PM172HJ 17     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws related to national park concession contractsGeorge G Kipp  (D) HD 15 
16-FEB-153:00 PM172HR 2      Current Text in .HTML format    Resolution recognizing the service of 75 years of smoke jumpersWillis Curdy  (D) HD 98 
16-FEB-153:00 PM172SB 188   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise liability for forest or range firesChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
11-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 434   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise asbestos lawsEd Lieser  (D) HD 5 
11-FEB-153:00 PM172HJ 13     Current Text in .HTML format    Interim study of federal roads and parcels and accessKerry White  (R) HD 64 
11-FEB-153:00 PM172SJ 5      Current Text in .HTML format    Study future water rights administrationChas Vincent  (R) SD 1 
09-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 386   Current Text in .HTML format    Revise laws on sale to or exchange of park land with public entitiesZach Brown  (D) HD 63 
09-FEB-153:00 PM172SB 49     Current Text in .HTML format    Expand use of petroleum mixing zonesJim Keane  (D) SD 38 
09-FEB-153:00 PM172SB 88     Current Text in .HTML format    Establish contracting laws for conservation districtsJohn Brenden  (R) SD 17 
06-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 352   Current Text in .HTML format      Prohibit outfitting on state lands inaccessible to publicTom Jacobson  (D) HD 21 
06-FEB-153:00 PM172SB 82     Current Text in .HTML format      Expand water policy interim committee dutiesBradley Hamlett  (D) SD 15 
04-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 329   Current Text in .HTML format      Generally revise laws related to state landsJeffrey W Welborn  (R) HD 72 
04-FEB-153:00 PM172HB 340   Current Text in .HTML format      Require federal government to comply with air quality laws in MontanaTom Burnett  (R) HD 67 
28-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 270   Current Text in .HTML format    Generally revise water discharge laws regarding nutrientsTom Richmond  (R) HD 56 
28-JAN-153:00 PM172SB 58     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise public notice for certain water rightsPat Connell  (R) SD 43 
23-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 239   Current Text in .HTML format      Revise asbestos lawsJeff Essmann  (R) HD 54 
23-JAN-153:00 PM172HJ 5      Current Text in .HTML format      Study reasonable water useClayton Fiscus  (R) HD 43 
14-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 168   Current Text in .HTML format    Define combined appropriation for exempt wells in certain casesSteve Fitzpatrick  (R) HD 20 
12-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 46     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise rental payment calculation for commercial lease of state trust landMitch Tropila  (D) HD 26 
12-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 49     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise reporting on state trust landsZac Perry  (D) HD 3 
12-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 62     Current Text in .HTML format    Revise penalty for unauthorized use of state trust landsVirginia Court  (D) HD 50 
09-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 36     Current Text in .HTML format      Allow water permit volume change due to incomplete useRyan Lynch  (D) HD 76 
09-JAN-153:00 PM172HB 39     Current Text in .HTML format      Allow electronic fund transfers for trust landsJean Price  (D) HD 24 

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Committee Members

MemberAssignment
Kerry White  (R) HD 64Chair
Steve Fitzpatrick  (R) HD 20Vice Chair
Ed Lieser  (D) HD 5Vice Chair
Gerald (Jerry) Bennett  (R) HD 1Member
Zach Brown  (D) HD 63Member
Bob Brown  (R) HD 13Member
Virginia Court  (D) HD 50Member
Mary Ann Dunwell  (D) HD 84Member
Kelly Flynn  (R) HD 70Member
Theresa Manzella  (R) HD 85Member
Nate McConnell  (D) HD 89Member
Dale Mortensen  (R) HD 44Member
Mark Noland  (R) HD 10Member
Andrea Olsen  (D) HD 100Member
Keith Regier  (R) HD 4Member
Ray L Shaw  (R) HD 71Member
Scott Staffanson  (R) HD 35Member
Kathleen Williams  (D) HD 61Member
Joe KolmanLegislative Branch Staffer
Sherri RowSecretary

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