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<br />"\ .... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'io <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Shennan Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.us <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />Veva McCaig and Linda Bassi '1.1''\.., ~ <br />Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning <br />Stream and Lake Protection Section <br /> <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />Date: January 15, 2007 <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Item 12.c, January 23-24, 2007 Board Meeting: Water Related <br />Legislation <br /> <br />Senate Bill 07-008 <br /> <br />SB 07-008 expands the Water Efficiency Grant Program Fund currently administered by <br />the CWCB's Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning. Specific legislation <br />involves addressing the funding and use of the CWCB Office of Water Conservation & <br />Drought Planning grant programs used to support local municipal and special district <br />water conservation and drought mitigation planning & implementation. Attached are a <br />copy of the bill and a Fact Sheet providing some legislative background, as well as <br />concisely outlining what SB 07-008 sets out to accomplish. The CWCB has proposed <br />some amendments, and is currently working with the DNR Executive Director's Office <br />and the bill sponsors to draft amendment language for introduction in committee. <br /> <br />House Bill 07-1012 <br /> <br />HB 07-1012 modifies the standards applied in change of water rights proceedings and <br />water rights abandonment proceedings to protect water rights owners who have loaned <br />their water rights to the CWCB for instream flow use under section 37-83-105, c.R.S. <br />The bill was introduced on January 10, 2007. A copy of the bill and a Fact Sheet that <br />provides background and explains the bill are attached to this memo. <br />