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<br />o <br />...... <br />If:l <br />~ <br />(-=:) <br />" C.) <br /> <br />C-8 <br /> <br />however, that the legislature saw fit to enact what is now C.R.S. 1973, <br />37-80-104 granting that power under a separate bill and not incorporated or <br />a part of the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969. <br /> <br />Reference to the appropriate laws show that both acts were signed on the same <br /> <br />day and appear to become effect i ve the same day with i den ti ca 1 sa Fety clauses. <br /> <br />The Court must, therefore, conclude that it was the legislative intent <br /> <br /> <br />that the making of rules and regulations by the State Engineer to enforce <br /> <br />compliance with interstate compacts, or any of them, should be an administrative <br /> <br />process separate and apart from the rules and regulations for the administration <br />of water rights and priorities between individual owners or users of water <br /> <br />rights within the State of Colorado. <br />This conclusion is further enhanced by the fact the I~ater Right Deter- <br />mination and Administration Act of 1969 did not have at the time of initial <br /> <br />enactment detailed standards for the making of rules and regulations but by <br /> <br />separate and amended acts in 1971, Sections 37-92-501 and 502, exacting <br /> <br />requirements and standards relative to the promulgation of rules and regulations <br />affecting water rights as between underground and surface appropriators were <br />carefully set forth. There is no suggestion anywhere that either by the <br />original Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969 or its <br />carefully documented amendment of 1971 that Section 37-80-102 or in particular <br />Section 37-80-104 had been repealed. Therefore, Section 37-80-104 with its <br /> <br />peculiar and particular requirements which are completely different from those <br />found in the 1971 amendment of the Water Right Determination and Administration <br />Act of 1969 must be found by this Court to be in full force and effect. <br />We must particularly refer to the requirement in 37-80-104 which established <br />the duty on the State Engineer to make such regulations as are legal and <br /> <br />equitable to carry out the terms of the compact, the word "equitable" opening <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />I <br />