Title 37, Water and Irrigation
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 1472, � 1, effective June 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-102 Water rights - protections
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(1) It is the policy of the general assembly that the current system of allocating water within Colorado shall not be superseded, abrogated, or otherwise impaired by this article. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to repeal or in any manner amend the existing water rig…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-103 Director of compact negotiations
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(1) Within thirty days after a vacancy, the governor or the executive director of the department of natural resources shall appoint a director of compact negotiations. The director of compact negotiations shall act as the overseer and caretaker of the compact negotiations process…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-104 Basin roundtables
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(1) (a) To facilitate continued discussions within and between basins on water management issues, and to encourage locally driven collaborative solutions to water supply challenges, permanent basin roundtables are hereby created in Colorado's eight water basins and in a demograph…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-105 Interbasin compact committee - report
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(1) (a) To facilitate the process of interbasin compact negotiations, a twenty-seven-member interbasin compact committee is created. The interbasin compact committee includes the following members: (I) Two representatives from each basin roundtable, at least one of whom must resi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-106 Public education - outreach
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(1) The interbasin compact committee shall develop a public education, participation, and outreach working group. (2) The public education, participation, and outreach working group shall: (a) Create a process to inform, involve, and educate the public on the interbasin compact c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-75-107 Interbasin compact committee operation fund - creation
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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the interbasin compact committee operation fund, which shall be administered by the Colorado water conservation board and consists of all money transferred by the treasurer as specified in section 39-29-109 (2)(a)(II.5)(C). All mo…