BOARD00055 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: IBCC Director's Report - Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report to the House of Representatives Com. On Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources, and Senate Com. On Agriculture, Energy, Natural
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

(b) As SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMIITEE SHALL ESTABLISH BYLAWS TO GOVERN ITS
ACTIONS, INCLUDING A PROCEDURE WHEREBY BASIN ROUNDTABLES THAT
OPT OUT OF THE PROCEDURES EST ABLlSHED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE NO LONGER
REPRESENTED ON THE COMMIITEE BUT MAY OPT BACK IN.

(2) NOT LATER THAN JULY 1,2006, THE INTERBASIN COMPACT
COMMITTEE SHALL EST ABLlSH AND REFER TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AN
INTERBASIN COMPACT CHARTER THAT SHALL GOVERN AND GUIDE ALL
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BASIN ROUNDTABLES UNDER THIS ARTICLE. IF THE
COMMITTEE DOES NOT SO REFER THE CHARTER BY JULY I, 2006, THIS
ARTICLE IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY I, 2006. UPON RECEIPT,
CONSIDERATION, AND APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ACTING BY BILL, NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BASIN ROUNDTABLES
MAY COMMENCE. ANY COMPACTOR OTHER AGREEMENT EST ABLlSHED USING
THE PROCEDURES EST ABLlSHED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL FULL Y COMPL Y WITH
THE TERMS, REQUIREMENTS, AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THE
INTERBASIN COMPACT CHARTER AS APPROVED PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBSECTION (2).

(3) AT A MINIMUM, THE INTERBASIN COMPACT CHARTER SHALL
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

(a) A NEGOTIATING FRAMEWORK AND FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES TO
GUIDE VOLUNTARY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BASIN ROUNDTABLES,
INCLUDING PRESENT AND FUTURE CONSUMPTIVE AND NON CONSUMPTIVE
WATER USES AND SUCH POLICIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT
COMPACTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ROUNDTABLES DO NOT
CONFLlCT OR OTHERWISE NOT CONFORM WITH ONE ANOTHER;

(b) SUBJECT TO THE PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 37- 7 5-102,
PROCEDURES FOR RATIFYING COMPACTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
BASIN ROUNDTABLES, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY BASIN
ROUNDTABLE WHOSE WATERS ARE AFFECTED BY A PROPOSED COMPACT OR
OTHER AGREEMENT SHALL PROVIDE ITS AFFIRMATIVE SUPPORT FOR SUCH
PROPOSED COMPACT OR OTHER AGREEMENT BEFORE SUCH COMPACT OR
AGREEMENT IS FINAL OR BINDING;

(c) As DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE INTERBASIN COMPACT
COMMIITEE BUT SUBJECT TO THE PRINCIPLES EST ABLlSHED IN SECTION
37-75-102, AUTHORITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR MAKING COMPACTS OR

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