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Colorado Statutes, Title 37

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Title 37, Water and Irrigation

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority Act". Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1794, § 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve, protect, upgrade, conserve, develop, utilize, and manage the water resources of the state, to promote the beneficial use of waters of the state for the protection and preservation of the public health, sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 95: (1) "Authority" means the Colorado water resources and power development authority created by this article. (2) "Beneficial use" means a use of water, including the method of diversion, storage, transportation, treatment, and application, that is reaso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-104 Establishment of authority - board of directors - removal - organization - compensation - dissolution
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(1) There is hereby created the Colorado water resources and power development authority, which shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state. The authority shall not be an agency of state government, nor shall it be subject to administrative direction by any…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-105 Records and meetings of board - disclosure of interests required

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(1) All resolutions and orders shall be recorded and authenticated by the signature of the chairman and the secretary of the board. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions, corporate acts, and orders shal…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-106 Authority - powers

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(1) Except as otherwise limited by this article, the authority, acting through the board, has the power: (a) To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities of a body corporate and political subdivision of the state; (b) To sue and be sued; (c) T…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-107 Feasibility studies - repayment of costs

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(1) (a) (I) Before any proposed project can receive consideration for construction funding by the authority, the Colorado water conservation board must first review the feasibility study of any such proposed project, and the general assembly must authorize the authority to procee…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-107.5 Legislative declaration - specific project authorizations

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(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the general assembly to protect and foster the full utilization of Colorado's limited surface water resources by allocation thereof through the operation of the appropriation system as provided by sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-107.6 Creation and administration of water pollution control revolving fund

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(1) There is hereby created in the authority the water pollution control revolving fund, which shall be maintained and administered by the authority and be available in perpetuity for the purposes stated in this section. The authority is authorized to establish such procedures as…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-107.8 Creation and administration of drinking water revolving fund

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(1) There is hereby created in the authority the drinking water revolving fund that the authority shall maintain and administer for the purposes stated in this section. The authority may: (a) Establish procedures to administer the drinking water revolving fund in accordance with …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-108 Acquisition and disposition of property - change of location of highways, railroad, or public utilities - regulation of public utility facilities on a project

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(1) When the authority, or the person or governmental agency with which the authority contracts, finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, point of diversion, or public utility facility in connection with the constructio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-109 Bonds or notes - issuance - terms

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(1) The authority has the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds or notes in such principal amounts as in the opinion of the board are necessary to provide sufficient funds for any of its corporate purposes, including the payment, funding, or refundin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-110 Power to make covenants to secure payment

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(1) In any resolution of the board authorizing or relating to the issuance of any bonds or notes, the authority, in order to secure the payment of such bonds or notes and in addition to its other powers, has the power by provisions therein which shall constitute covenants by the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-111 Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds, or other property - lien

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Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds, or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, funds, or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-112 Personal liability

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Neither the members of the board nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to this article shall be liable personally on such bonds or notes by reason of the issuance thereof. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1807, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-112.5 Watershed protection and forest health projects - definition - repeal

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(1) The authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds, in an amount not to exceed fifty million dollars, for the purposes of funding watershed protection projects and forest health projects of governmental agencies. (2) The authority may make and contract to make loans with the p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-113 Debt service reserve funds for watershed protection projects and forest health projects

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(1) In addition to any other funds it may establish, the board may, by resolution, establish one or more special funds pursuant to this section, referred to in this section as "debt service reserve funds", for bonds issued to finance watershed protection projects and forest healt…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-114 Guarantee by state not to limit or alter rights or powers vested in authority

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The state of Colorado does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to the powers set forth in this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights or powers vested by this article in the authority to acquire, constr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-115 Exemption of bonds from taxation

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Any bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the stat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-116 Annual report - annual audit - annual budget

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(1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before April 30 of each year, the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governor and the joint agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-117 Services by state officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and commissions

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All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and commissions of the state are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all of such services to the authority as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-118 Bonds eligible for investment

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Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and l…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-119 Charges for use of service of projects

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Rentals or other charges with respect to a project shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other authority, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state, and such contract with respect to a project may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-120 Agreements with governmental agencies or persons

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(1) Governmental agencies or persons may enter into lease, sale, or loan agreements with the authority with respect to any project, and governmental agencies or persons may also enter into purchase agreements with the authority for the purchase of the capacity use or service of a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-121 Effect on inconsistent acts and rules and regulations adopted thereunder

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It is the intent of the general assembly that, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency in the provisions of this article and any other statutes pertaining to matters established or provided for in this article or in any rules and regulations adopted under this article or un…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-122 Severability

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If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-95-123 Construction of article

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This article shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this article as the complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized in this article, and all the powers granted in this article sha…