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ID HCR021
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/29/2021
Primary Sponsor
Ways and Means Committee
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AI Summary
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Directs the Idaho Water Resource Board, with technical support from the Idaho Department of Water Resources, to continue working expeditiously with local water users to develop a comprehensive settlement resolving conflicts over Lemhi Basin high flows
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Requires the settlement to be consistent with past practices, future needs, and Idaho law, developed in the spirit of compromise and resolution among all participating parties
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References prior Senate Concurrent Resolution 137 (2020) that initiated the settlement process, noting nine mediation meetings and extensive shuttle diplomacy have occurred since June 2020
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Acknowledges significant progress including development of a framework for resolving tensions over high flows and resolution of one major contested case in the basin
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Requires the Idaho Water Resource Board to report to the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth Idaho Legislature on implementation, including any settlement reached and proposed legislation needed to implement it
Legislative Description
States findings of the legislature and directs the Idaho Water Resource Board to continue to work expeditiously with local water users to complete a comprehensive settlement that resolves current tensions and conflicts over the use of Lemhi Basin high flows.
LEMHI BASIN
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 2:25 p.m. on April 27, 2021
4/29/2021