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<br />REPORT OF COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
<br />Period July 1, 1966 through December 31, 1967'
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<br />Statutory Responsibilities
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<br />The Colorado River Board of California was
<br />created as a State agency by the Legislature
<br />under Chapter 838, Statutes of 1937 (Sections
<br />12500 to 12533, State Water Code). It has the
<br />statutory responsibility of protecting the inter-
<br />ests of California, its agencies and citizens in the
<br />water and power resources of the Colorado River
<br />System. The Board is composed of six members
<br />appointed by the Governor, each nominated by
<br />one of the public agencies of California having
<br />established rights to the use of water or power
<br />from the Colorado River. These agencies are:
<br />Imperial Irrigation District, The Metropolitan
<br />Water District of Southern California, City of
<br />Los Angeles-Department of "Vater and Po~\'er,
<br />San Diego County Water Authority, Coachella
<br />Valley County \Vater District, and Palo Verde
<br />Irrigation District. As the statutes provide, the
<br />Chairman of the Board, elected bv the members,
<br />serves ex officio as Colorado River Commissioner
<br />of California.
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<br />Sections I 2528 through 1 2532 of the State
<br />\Vater Code state the duties of the Commissioner
<br />and Board as follows:
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<br />12528. The commissioner shall consult and ad-
<br />vise with the board in exercising the powers and
<br />performing the duties enumerated in this chapter
<br />and make such reports and recommendations as
<br />he deems proper or as the board requests, to the
<br />end that the rights and interests of the State, its
<br />agencies and citizens, in, to, and in respect of,
<br />the water of the Colorado Ri\'et System and the
<br />use thereof may be properly safeguarded and
<br />protected,
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<br />1 Previous annual reports of the Board have covered fiscal
<br />years. This report, covering an 18-momh period from
<br />July I, 1966, through December 31, 1967, is :1 transition;
<br />future annual reports will be published on a calendar
<br />year basis. Thus, the repon will be more conclusive and
<br />Integrated in content by confomling more readily to the
<br />Water }'ear of the Colorado River system and the annual
<br />sessions of the Congress of the United States and the
<br />Legislature of the State of California.
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<br />12529. The commissioner shall exercise on be-
<br />half of the State every right and power granted
<br />to the State or to any representative of it by
<br />Section 16 of the act of Congress designated the
<br />"Boulder Canyon Project Act,"
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<br />12530. The commissioner shall investigate past,
<br />present, and potential uses of the water of the
<br />Colorado River System within and without the
<br />State,
<br />12531. The commissioner shall investigate, co-
<br />ordinate, collect, and preserve information, facts.
<br />and data bearing upon the claims of all States and
<br />of all public or ptivate agencies within and with-
<br />out the State to and in respect of the water and
<br />the use of water of the Colorado River System.
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<br />12532. The commissioner shall confer with
<br />representati\'es of other States in the Colorado
<br />River basin, representatives of the United States,
<br />and others concerning problems and measures re~
<br />lating to the development of the Colorado River
<br />basin, the use of the water of the Colorado River
<br />System, and the protection of the interests therein
<br />of the State and of the United States, and shall
<br />negotiate respecting such problems and measures
<br />::md discuss the same and formulate and recom-
<br />mend to the Governor and the Legislature meas-
<br />ures, agreements, and legislation deemed for the
<br />benefit of the State and the United States,
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<br />The water code requires that the Board head-
<br />quarters be in Los Angeles. Regular meetings
<br />are held monthly and special meetings upon call.
<br />The Attorney General is legal counsel to the
<br />Board.
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<br />Personnel Changes
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<br />Raymond R. Rummonds continued to serve
<br />as the Board Chairman, having been unani-
<br />mously reelected at the special meeting of June
<br />29, 1966. On Mav 16, 1967, the Governor's
<br />office sent letters to each of the six agencies rep-
<br />resented on the Colorado River Board, request-
<br />ing a list of at least three persons from which
<br />the Governor might select a representative for
<br />appointment to the Board.
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