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Title 37, Water and Irrigation

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the Colorado water conservation board. Source: L. 37: p. 1300, § 2. CSA: C. 173B, § 2. CRS 53: § 148-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-2.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-102 Colorado water conservation board - creation
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For the purpose of aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state and for the benefit of the present and future inhabitants of the state, there is created a Colorado water conservation board with the powers and duties set out in this article 60. The board is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-103 Organization
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The board shall elect from the appointed members a chairman and a vice-chairman to serve at the pleasure of the board. The director of the board shall serve as secretary. Source: L. 37: p. 1301, § 4. CSA: C. 173B, § 4. CRS 53: § 148-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-4. L. 67: p. 293, § 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-104 Composition of the board - public engagement - reports
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(1) The board consists of fifteen members as follows: (a) The executive director of the department of natural resources, who is a voting member ex officio; (b) The attorney general, who is a nonvoting member ex officio; (c) The state engineer, who is a nonvoting member ex officio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-105 Employment of temporary personnel

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The Colorado water conservation board is authorized to employ any persons and enter into any cooperative undertakings with agencies of government as it may deem advisable for carrying out the work outlined in section 37-60-115. The employment in this section referred to is of suc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-106 Duties of the board - legislative declaration

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(1) The board shall promote the conservation of the waters of the state of Colorado in order to secure the greatest utilization of such waters and the utmost prevention of floods. In particular, and without limiting the general character of this section, the board has the power a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-106.3 State water plan - legislative declaration - grant program

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(1) State water plan. The board shall adopt and update, as warranted, a state water plan. In exercising its authority pursuant to this section, executive order D2013-005, or any analogous successor order directing the board to adopt or amend a state or Colorado water plan, the bo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-107 Meetings - notice

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The board may provide for the holding of regular meetings and may hold a special meeting at any time and place in the state upon the call of the chairman or vice-chairman or of any two voting members. Notice of all special meetings shall be given by telegram at least forty-eight …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-108 Seal - rules and regulations

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The board shall adopt a seal, and all documents to be executed by the board shall be under such seal, signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and attested by the secretary. From time to time, the board may adopt suitable rules and regulations as are necessary or expedient for the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-109 Commissioner

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(1) The governor from time to time, with the approval of the board, shall appoint a commissioner, who shall represent the state of Colorado upon joint commissions to be composed of commissioners representing the state of Colorado and another state or other states for the purpose …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-110 Authority of commissioners under prior laws

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All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, relating to the appointment of commissioners for negotiating compacts respecting the waters of interstate streams are hereby repealed; but such repeal shall neither affect the authority of any commissioners now engaged in the proces…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-111 Compensation of members - director - employees

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(1) Each appointed member of the board not otherwise in full-time employment of the state shall receive a per diem allowance of fifty dollars for each day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of official duties, and all members shall receive traveling and other necessa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-112 Warrants for salaries and expenses

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The controller is authorized to draw warrants monthly in payment of the lawful salaries and expenses of the board or commissioners and their legal, engineering, and other assistants and employees on vouchers signed by the secretary of the board and approved by the governor. Sourc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-113 Board to cooperate with attorney general

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The board shall cooperate with the attorney general in all matters relating to interstate suits concerning the waters of the rivers of the state and shall arrange for the gathering and compilation of all information, factual, engineering, or other data requisite or desirable for …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-114 Attorney general as legal advisor

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The attorney general is the legal advisor for the board, and with his or her consent the board may employ additional legal counsel. Source: L. 37: p. 1302, § 7. CSA: C. 173B, § 7. CRS 53: § 148-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-7. L. 67: p. 294, § 3. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-115 Water studies - rules - reports - definitions - repeal

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(1) (a) The Colorado water conservation board is authorized to forthwith make, or cause to be made, a continuous study of the water resources of the state of Colorado, and a continuous study of the present and potential uses thereof to the full extent necessary to a unified and h…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-116 Reports

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The Colorado water conservation board shall cause the results of the studies to be embodied in written reports, copies of which shall be held in the offices of said board as a public record available for the use of any interested person, and a copy of each of said reports shall b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-117 Reports and publications

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(1) The board shall report to the executive director of the department of natural resources at such time and on such matters as the executive director requires. (2) Publication of studies conducted by the board and other publications circulated in quantity outside the division sh…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-118 Assent to water resources planning act

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(1) The state of Colorado, by and through the Colorado water conservation board, hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress entitled "Water Resources Planning Act", approved July 22, 1965. The Colorado water conservation board is authorized, empowered, and directed t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-119 Construction of water and power facilities - contracts with and charges against users

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(1) (a) In order to promote the general welfare and safety of the citizens of this state and to protect the allocation of interstate waters to the state, the board may, subject to the provisions in section 37-60-122, construct, rehabilitate, enlarge, or improve, or loan money to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-120 Control of projects - contractual powers of board

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(1) The state of Colorado shall have the ownership and control of such portions of said projects, or shall take a sufficient security interest in property or take such bonds, notes, or other securities evidencing an obligation, as will assure repayment of funds made available by …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-120.1 Chatfield reservoir reallocation project - authority - repeal

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(1) In order to promote the general welfare and safety of the citizens of this state and utilize reallocated storage space available in the federal flood control project known as Chatfield reservoir, the board has undertaken the Chatfield reservoir reallocation project, referred …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-120.2 Animas-La Plata project - authority - repeal

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(1) Notwithstanding any other law, including section 24-30-1303, C.R.S., and given that thirty-six million dollars have been authorized and appropriated and a purchase agreement has been executed with the United States bureau of reclamation to acquire all of the state's water all…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-121 Colorado water conservation board construction fund - creation - nature of fund - funds for investigations - contributions - use for augmenting the general fund - funds created - rules - repeal

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(1) (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, which shall consist of all moneys which may be appropriated thereto by the general assembly or which may be otherwise made available to it by the general assembly and su…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-121.1 Reserved rights litigation fund

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(1) The general assembly hereby recognizes that the claims of various agencies and organizations of the federal government to waters of the state of Colorado represent a claim to waters heretofore claimed by appropriators of the state of Colorado who have relied on the doctrine o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-121.5 Loan guarantee fund - creation

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The loan guarantee fund is hereby created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. All interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122 General assembly approval

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(1) Money in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund shall be expended in the following manner and under the following circumstances: (a) Repealed. (b) The general assembly may authorize projects as it deems to be to the advantage of the people of the state of Col…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.2 Fish and wildlife resources - legislative declaration - fund - authorization

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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby recognizes the responsibility of the state for fish and wildlife resources found in and around state waters which are affected by the construction, operation, or maintenance of water diversion, delivery, or storage facilities. The general assem…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.3 Wild and scenic rivers fund - created

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the wild and scenic rivers fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The state treasurer shall transfer four hundred thousand dollars from previously unappropriated Colorado water conservation board construction fund moneys to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.5 Emergency dam repair cash fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency dam repair cash fund. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer money from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the emergency dam repair cash fund in such amounts and at such…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.7 Feasibility study small grant fund - creation

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(1) to (4) Repealed. (5) (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the feasibility study small grant fund for the purpose of making small grants to help pay the costs of preparing water project feasibility studies. The Colorado water conservation board shall approve small…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.8 Publications fund - transfer

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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the publications fund. The fund shall consist of moneys paid to the board from persons outside the board for copies of public records or publications provided by the board. The moneys in the fund may be expended by the board to pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-122.9 Colorado river recovery program loan fund - creation

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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Colorado river recovery program loan fund for the purpose of making loans to the Colorado river and San Juan river recovery programs for the construction or improvement of certain water related projects in Colorado, under agre…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-123.1 Loan foreclosure fund - created

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the loan foreclosure fund, referred to in this section as the "foreclosure fund". The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer one hundred thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-123.2 Flood and drought response fund - created

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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the flood and drought response fund, referred to in this section as the "response fund". On July 1, 2019, and on each July 1 thereafter, in addition to any remaining balance in the response fund at the end of the fiscal year, the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-123.3 Water plan implementation cash fund - created - water plan implementation account - created - legislative declaration - reporting - repeal

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(1) (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the water plan implementation cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of sports betting revenues transferred from the sports betting fund in accordance with section 44-30-1509, money transferred…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-123.5 Agricultural emergency drought response

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(1) If, pursuant to federal or state law, any portion of Colorado has received emergency drought designation or a disaster emergency has been proclaimed due to drought, notwithstanding the provisions of section 39-29-109 (1), C.R.S., in addition to any other moneys appropriated f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-123.7 Acquisitions of water for instream flows

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(1) In addition to any other moneys appropriated from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, up to one million dollars in the fund are continuously appropriated to the board annually to pay for the costs of acquiring water, water rights, and interests in water f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-124 Water conservation and drought mitigation planning - powers and duties of board

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(1) Repealed. (2) The board shall promote water conservation and drought mitigation planning and shall maintain as much staff as is required to perform, to the degree feasible, duties including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Participating as a member or chairperson of an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-124.4 Stream gauge fund - created

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the stream gauge fund, referred to in this section as the "gauge fund". The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-125 Authorizations for expenditures from Colorado water conservation board construction fund for demonstration of benefits of water efficiency

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(1) The Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to expend five hundred thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, notwithstanding the requirements of sections 37-60-119 to 37-60-122, for the purpose of a pilot program demonstrati…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-126 Water conservation and drought mitigation planning - programs - relationship to state assistance for water facilities - guidelines - grant program - definitions

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(1) As used in this section and section 37-60-126.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Agency" means a public or private entity whose primary purpose includes the promotion of water resource conservation. (b) "Covered entity" means each municipality, agency, utility, in…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-126.5 Drought mitigation planning - programs - relationship to state assistance

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "drought mitigation" means the planning and implementation of actions and programs used in periods of unusual water scarcity, with a combination of actions and programs taken before a drought to reduce the occurr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-127 Applicability of provisions requiring funding by political subdivisions of the state

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No provision of section 37-60-124, 37-60-125, 37-60-126, or 37-96-103 (4) to (6) that requires funding by any political subdivision of the state that is a covered entity as defined in section 37-60-126 (1)(b) applies to any such political subdivision if the entity submits the app…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-129 Availability of funds

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Moneys appropriated or authorized to the board from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and from the Colorado river recovery program loan fund shall remain available to the board for the original purposes, unless deauthorized by the legislature, until any proj…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-130 Well augmentation loans

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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 884, § 16, effective May 21, 2004.) (2) The board is hereby authorized to make loans from unreserved cash in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to organizations or entities for the purchase of augmentation water or the r…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-133 Minimum criteria and guidelines for agricultural water protection programs - definition

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(1) (a) The board shall develop minimum criteria and guidelines for the establishment of an agricultural water protection program in each water division pursuant to section 37-92-305 (19)(b)(IV)(B) to assure sufficient protection and monitoring of agricultural water protection wa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-134 Groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund - creation - conservation district recommendations for expenditures - state engineer approval - legislative declaration - transfer - definitions - reports - notice to revisor of statutes - repeal

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(1) The general assembly hereby: (a) Finds and determines that: (I) Groundwater well pumping in certain areas of the state provides the principal source of irrigation water supply but consequently may reduce the quantity of groundwater in the aquifers and may impact the hydrogeol…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-60-135 State turf replacement program - creation - administration - turf replacement fund - creation - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Promoting the efficient and maximum utilization of Colorado's water resources by decreasing the amount of irrigated turf can: (I) Increase communities' resilience regarding drought and climate change; (II) Reduce the sale of a…