The general assembly hereby ratifies the amended compact between the state of Colorado and the state of New Mexico, designated as the Amended Costilla Creek Compact, signed in the city of Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, on the seventh day of February, A. D. 1963, by J. E. Whitten, commissioner for the state of Colorado, and S. E. Reynolds, commissioner for the state of New Mexico, which said amended compact is as follows:
Amended Costilla Creek Compact
The state of Colorado and the state of New Mexico, parties signatory to this compact (hereinafter referred to as Colorado and New Mexico, respectively, or individually as a state, or collectively as the states), having on September 30, 1944 concluded, through their duly authorized commissioners, to-wit: Clifford H. Stone for Colorado and Thomas M. McClure for New Mexico, a compact with respect to the water of Costilla Creek, an interstate stream, which compact was ratified by the states in 1945 and was approved by the congress of the United States in 1946; and
The states, having resolved to conclude an amended compact with respect to the waters of Costilla Creek, have designated, pursuant to the acts of their respective legislatures and through their appropriate executive agencies, as their commissioners:
J. E. Whitten, for Colorado
S. E. Reynolds, for New Mexico
who, after negotiations, have agreed upon these articles: