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September 18, 2006
Room 302
Senator Gerald E. Geis, Chairman
Senator Curt Meier
Senator Wayne H. Johnson
Senator Ray Peterson
Senator Bill Vasey
Representative Kermit C. Brown
Representative Kathy Davison
Representative Ross Diercks
Representative Burke Jackson
Representative
Representative Mick Powers
Representative Doug Samuelson
Representative Mark Semlek
Representative Matt Teeters
Maxine Weaver, Staff Attorney
Please refer to Appendix 1 to review the
Committee Sign-in Sheet
for a list of other individuals who attended the meeting.
Chairman Geis called the meeting to order at 8:30 am. The following sections summarize the
Committee proceedings by topic. The
order of the meeting generally followed the prepared agenda [Appendix 3].
The Committee took testimony from numerous
people before working the bill. The
Committee made several amendments to the bill and then tabled the bill to the next meeting.
Please refer to Appendix 2 to review the Speaking Sign-in Sheet for a
list of other individuals who spoke at the meeting.
Generally, the following spoke in
favor of the draft bill: Anthony
Aldredge from Cheyenne, Judy Rankin from Cheyenne, Bill Valdez from Rock
Springs, Clara Wilson from Newcastle, Laurie Goodman, Jim Rogers, Kim Stevens
and Donley Darnell representing the Landowners Association of Wyoming, Tom Dunn
from Laramie, Brenda Johnson representing the Willadsen Ranch, Ted Mueller from
Cheyenne, William Hill from Cheyenne, John Vanvig with Powder River Resource
Council, Beverly Goodman from Buford, Gene Hardy with the Wyoming Board of
Agriculture and the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association, Robert Hollmann from
Cheyenne, Nancy Darnell from Newcastle, Joe Simmons from Newcastle, John
McPherson from Rawlins, Taylor Hanes from Cheyenne, Lucie Osborn from Cheyenne,
Niels Hansen from Rawlins, Mark Eiseli from Cheyenne, Walt Ferguson from
Cheyenne, Frank Falen from Cheyenne, Eric Barlow from Gillette, Carolyn Johnson
from Newcastle, Vern Johnson from Newcastle, Lilias Jarding from Fort Collins,
Colorado, Randy Dunn of Laramie and Jim Magagna representing the Wyoming
Stockgrowers Association.
Generally, the following spoke
against the draft bill: Len Mize and
Dick Sears with Kinder Morgan, Pat Collins and John Sherman with the Wyoming
Department of Transportation, Steve Waddington, Executive Director of the
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, Kathy Hunt and George Parks with the Wyoming
Association of Municipalities, Daniel Gredvek with El Paso Gas, Wendy Lowe and
Bruce Hinchey, representing the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, Bob Tarantola
and Erik Gril representing PacifiCorp and Rocky Mountain Power, Matt Micheli
representing Williams pipelines, Chuck Greenhawt representing Questar, Tom
Jones with the National Federation of Independent Business, Jody Levin with
Qwest, Vincent Crow representing the City of Rock Springs, Marion Loomis
representing the Wyoming Mining Association, Rick Robitaille representing
Anadarko, Colby Dreschel representing the Wyoming Pipeline Authority, Rick Kaysen
representing Blackhills Corporation and Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power and Bill
Luben representing the City of Casper.
Lynne Boomgaarden, Director of the
Office of State Lands and Investments explained how her office handles leases
and easements on state lands.
Handouts from the testimony are Appendices
4 through 24.
Senator Meier moved bill and the
motion was seconded [Appendix 25].
Senator Meier moved on Page 2 to
delete lines 4 through 6 and renumber.
The motion failed for lack of a second.
Senator Meier moved on Page 3-line
2 after "negotiations" to insert “and any action by condemnor that
causes any loss to condemnee is provided for”.
Representative Brown seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Representative Semlek moved on Page
3–line 10 after "exceeds" to insert "by fifteen percent (15%)
of". The motion was seconded by Senator
Meier and passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page 3–line
12 after "action;" to insert “and”; Page 3-line 15 to delete “or”; Page
3 to delete lines 17 and 18.
Representative Brown seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Representative Semlek moved on Page
4-line 21 to delete “condemnor’s” and insert “condemnor for three (3) years
following”. Senator Vasey seconded the
motion and the motion passed.
Senator Meier moved to amend the
amendment on Page 4-line 21 after "operations" to insert ",
excluding the cost of noxious weeds".
The motion was seconded by Representative Semlek and the amendment to the amendment passed.
The amendment as amended passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page 6 to
strike lines 4 through 6 and renumber.
After a second by Representative Brown the motion failed.
Representative Semlek moved on Page
7-line 18 after "corridor" to insert "or an existing contractual access if available". Senator Meier seconded the motion and the
motion passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page 7–line
18 after the Semlek amendment on page 7 to insert "unless as a matter of national security or relating for
utilities as determined by a state or federal agency determines otherwise". The motion was seconded by Representative Davison
and failed.
Representative Jackson moved on
Page 8-line 13 after "public" to
insert “or private”. The motion was seconded by Senator Meier and
passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page 9 to
delete line 23 and renumber. Representative
Brown seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page 12
after line 18 to insert new “(j) Any action by condemnor that causes any loss
to condemnee is compensable." and renumber. Representative Brown seconded the motion and the
motion passed.
Senator Meier moved on Page
19–line 7 after "landowner" to insert
"No liability, environmental or otherwise, shall
be transferred to the landowner by abandonment." After a second by Representative Teeters the motion
passed.
Representative Samuelson moved on
Page 19-line 21 through Page 23-line 11 to delete sections 701 and 702 for now
and leave these sections as a placeholder spot for language for the next
meeting. The motion was seconded and passed.
Senator Meier moved to table the bill
to next meeting. After a second by
Representative Davison the motion passed [Appendix 26].
The next Committee meeting is
scheduled in
Respectfully submitted,
Senator Gerald E. Geis, Chairman