Title 36, Natural Resources - General
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-120 Duty of settler - proof of settlement
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(1) Within one year after any person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company authorized to construct irrigation works under the provisions of this article has notified the settlers under such works that it is prepared to furnish water under the terms of its cont…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-121 Patent - water lien - foreclosure - deed
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(1) Upon the issuance of a patent to any lands by the United States to the state, notice shall be forwarded to the settler upon such land. It is the duty of the board, under the signature of its president and attested by its secretary, to issue a patent to said lands from the sta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-122 Requirements of maps
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The maps of the lands selected under the provisions of this article shall show the location of the canals or other irrigation works approved in the contract with the board. All lands filed upon shall be subject to the right-of-way of such canals or irrigation works. The right-of-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-123 Rules - report of construction company
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The board shall provide suitable rules for the filing of proposals for constructing irrigation works, and for the entry and payment of the land by settlers, and for the forfeiting of entry by settlers upon failure to comply with the provisions of this article. There shall be kept…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-124 Duties of employees - fees
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(1) The board shall prescribe the duties of all its employees and shall collect the following fees: For filing each application, one dollar; for filing each proof, one dollar; for issuing each patent, one dollar; and for making certified copies of papers or records, the same fee …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-3-125 Record of work - publication
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The board shall maintain a detailed record of the names, location, and character of the irrigation works in process of construction; the acreage and legal subdivisions of land intended to be reclaimed; the estimated cost of said irrigation works; the price of water rights from su…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-101 Water rights for state lands
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For the purpose of furnishing water and securing water rights for state lands, the state board of land commissioners is authorized to enter into contracts with any person, corporation, or irrigation district, providing for such irrigation, and to petition all such lands into irri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-102 Water tax - assessment
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In case of any such land so petitioned into any irrigation district, the state board of land commissioners shall be considered in all respects as a freeholder, so long as said land remains unsold, but as soon as any of such land is sold, whether occurring prior or after the time …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-103 Payment by lessee or purchaser
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In order to provide payment for such water rights for state lands, the state board of land commissioners may agree that, when any state land for which irrigation is provided is leased or sold, the lessee or purchaser, as the case may be, shall pay the agreed value therefor, at su…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-104 Board may improve state land
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The state board of land commissioners is authorized to take, on behalf of and in the name of the state, as speedily as practicable, such action as may, in the judgment of the board, be necessary or desirable to irrigate and improve such lands belonging to the state, and lying in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-105 Water rights acquired - how
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Such action may be taken by initiating such water rights and systems for reservoirs, canals, and conduits, or by the purchase of existing water rights, systems for reservoirs, canals, and conduits, or an interest therein, including pumping plants, highways, and such other accesso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-106 Board may proceed - how
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In furtherance of such objects the board shall proceed in accordance with the irrigation laws of the state, insofar as the same are applicable, and may, if it elects, also proceed under the laws of the United States relating to the acquisition of such rights or easements over the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-107 Departmental decisions
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In case such procedure, or any part thereof, is under the laws of the United States, the board shall not be bound or required to accept or concur in the action or decision, or failure or delay in action or decision of any departmental or other officer, agent, or employee of the U…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-108 Power of eminent domain
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In case of such procedure under the laws of the United States and in the event that any departmental or other officer, agent, or employee of the United States shall, in the judgment of the board, fail or refuse to act or decide within a reasonable time, or in bad faith, or for me…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-109 Parties - process
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Such actions shall be brought in the name of the state as plaintiff, in the district court of any county in which the system of irrigation or any part thereof is located, or is to be located, and shall make as defendants thereto by proper name and official title, when known, such…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-110 Interests vested in state
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Upon the completion of service and return of summons or other process and the expiration of the time required by law or the order of the court before whom the action is pending for the appearance of the defendants, such defendants and all interests of the United States in the lan…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-111 Mandamus - injunction
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Nothing in sections 36-4-104 to 36-4-112 shall prevent the board or the state from proceeding in aid of the actions provided in said sections, or independently thereof, by mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate action, civil or criminal, to acquire irrigation rights and easem…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-4-112 Attorney general to enforce
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The attorney general of the state is directed to give prompt and special attention to the enforcement of sections 36-4-104 to 36-4-112 and shall, when so requested by the board, give advice and take such legal action as in his or her judgment is necessary or proper and may, if ne…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-101 Sale of state lands - servicemen
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The state lands, including school lands, excepting only such as may be subject to leases restricting the sale thereof and then only excepting during the duration of such restrictions, shall be sold at public sale in the manner provided by law for the sale of state lands, except a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-102 Sale - price per acre
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All of the lands shall be sold at public sale at not less than three dollars and fifty cents per acre, to the highest and best bidder, and all general laws of this state and rules of the state board of land commissioners applicable to the sale and disposition of state lands not i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-103 Applicants - qualifications - value
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In addition to the matters contained in other applications for the sales of state lands, applications under this article shall contain and be accompanied by proof, satisfactory to the state board of land commissioners and conclusive beyond reasonable doubt, of the applicant's qua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-104 Appraisal
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The land included in said application shall be appraised at its true value and no more. If said land is appraised at more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, enough land, by legal subdivisions or such fractions thereof as the state board of land commissioners shall approve,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-105 Amount of bid
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No land shall be sold upon an application filed under this article unless the applicant shall bid therefor an amount at least equal to the appraised value thereof. Applicants and all other persons purchasing at said sale may bid therefor in any amount in excess of said appraised …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-106 Payments - interest - expense
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Payment for the lands shall in all cases be made as provided for by law; but, if the person upon whose application said lands are offered for sale is the successful bidder, then, and not otherwise, the following terms for payment shall apply: The sum bid, or any part thereof, sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-107 Alienation of rights - restrictions
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Until a patent for the land issues, the certificate of purchase issued at such sale and the interest acquired by any purchaser of the lands thereunder shall not be subject to transfer or alienation, lien, or mortgage, voluntary or involuntary, but the interest acquired shall desc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-108 Certificate of purchase - cancellation
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The state board of land commissioners may cancel any certificate of purchase issued under this article because of a false or fraudulent application; a voluntary alienation, transfer, mortgage, or placing of a lien upon said land or the certificate of purchase; or for failure to s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-109 Board to make available list of lands
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The state board of land commissioners shall publish, subject to the approval and control of the executive director of the department of natural resources, a list of all lands in this state open to sale under this article, together with any available description matter or informat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-110 Provision for prior purchasers
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Any person possessing the qualifications of an applicant as defined in section 36-5-101, who on or before April 7, 1921, purchased any state lands and who has not completed payment for the same, may, if he elects, file a declaration of acceptance of the provisions of this article…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-111 Person not applicant may bid - when
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Any person possessing the qualifications of an applicant, as defined in section 36-5-101, may bid at the sale of any state lands held pursuant to any law governing the sale thereof. If at the time of the sale the applicant pays all the costs thereof and deposits with the state bo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-5-112 Terms of sale
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On all sales of state lands, the terms of payment shall be as follows: Not less than twenty-five percent of the purchase price shall be paid in cash at the time of the sale, and the balance shall be made payable upon an amortization plan based on interest at not less than four pe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this article 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the state board of land commissioners. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2098, � 294, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-101 Tree defined
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For the purposes of this article, the word tree means all vegetable growth of a woody texture of any size whatsoever. No lands contemplated in this law shall be leased for any purpose whatsoever that will destroy the tree growth. Source: L. 01: p. 188, � 9. R.S. 08: � 2634. C.L. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-102 Trees not to be cut
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No trees needed to conserve the snows, ice, or water of any irrigation district shall be cut from any part of the public domain, except as provided in this article. Source: L. 01: p. 185, � 1. R.S. 08: � 2626. C.L. � 1213. CSA: C. 134, � 115. CRS 53: � 112-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 112…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-103 Disposition of timber on state lands
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(1) The state board of land commissioners is authorized to sell and otherwise dispose of timber on state lands; to secure the maximum possible amount therefrom, based upon cruised and appraised quantities thereon, location, accessibility, and market conditions; to issue permits o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-104 Rules regulating sale
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The board shall issue rules regulating the following: The sale of timber; timber protection of the young growth and the remaining stand in accordance with approved forestry practice; the filing of applications by purchasers; the issuing of permits of authority for cuttings; the c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-105 Protection from fire
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The board shall endeavor by every means at its disposal to protect the state's timber lands from fire menace and destructive timber fires. It shall cooperate with the United States forest service and otherwise for such protection when timber fires occur and hire all necessary hel…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-106 Bond of person cutting trees
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The state board of land commissioners shall require of all persons cutting trees upon state lands a bond in a sufficient amount, with good and approved security, for the carrying out in good faith of the provisions of part 2 of this article. Source: L. 01: p. 188, � 8. R.S. 08: �…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-107 District attorneys to prosecute
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The district attorneys of the various judicial districts of the state are directed to prosecute in the name of the state all cases arising under this article. Source: L. 01: p. 190, � 17. R.S. 08: � 2642. C.L. � 1229. CSA: C. 134, � 129. CRS 53: � 112-7-8. C.R.S. 1963: � 112-7-8.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-201 Colorado state forest created - penalty
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(1) There is hereby created the Colorado state forest, to consist of a consolidated area of forest lands to be selected by the state board of land commissioners, through exchange with the United States government. (2) The state board of land commissioners shall be authorized to e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-7-202 Board to designate state forests
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The board is authorized to designate as state forests units of land suitable in character and size for such purposes and to administer such state forests for the sustained yield of forest and range products therefrom. All moneys collected or acquired by the board from fees derive…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Weather Modification Act of 1972. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 632, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 151-1-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly declares that the state of Colorado recognizes that economic benefits can be derived for the people of the state from weather modification. Operations, research, experimentation, and development in the field of weather modification shall therefore be encourag…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-103 Declaration of rights
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The general assembly declares that the state of Colorado claims the right to all moisture suspended in the atmosphere which falls or is artificially induced to fall within its borders. Said moisture is declared to be the property of the people of this state, dedicated to their us…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-104 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (2) Director means the executive director of the department of natural resources, as created by article 33 of title 24, C.R.S. (2.5) Ground-based winter cloud seeding means the seeding of clouds between…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-105 Administration
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(1) The executive director of the department of natural resources is hereby charged with the administration of this article. (2) The director shall issue all permits provided for in this article. The director is hereby empowered to issue rules and regulations the director finds n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-107 Duties of the director - rules
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(1) The director shall promulgate rules, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. (2) and (3) Repealed. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 635, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 151-1-7. L. 73: p. 1535, � 2. L. 92: (1) and (2)(a) amended, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-108 Powers of the director
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(1) The director may issue permits applicable to specific weather modification operations. For each operation, said permit shall describe the specific geographic area authorized to be affected and shall provide a specific time period during which the operation may continue, which…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-109 Permit required - exemptions
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(1) No person may engage in activities for weather modification and control without a weather modification permit issued by the director; nor may any person engage in any activities in violation of any term or condition of the permit. (2) The director, to the extent he considers …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-110 Issuance of license. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 637, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 151-1-10. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 968, � 6, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 36-20-111 License fee - expiration. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 638, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 151-1-11. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 968, � 7, effective July 1.