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B G B R <br />YLA WS FOR THE UNNI SON A SI N OUN DTABLE <br />P 13 <br />AGE <br />ARTICL E VIII <br />ROU NDT ABL E P OW ER S AN D DU T IE S <br />In terb asin Compa cts. Upon the approv al of the In terstat e Compa ct Ch arte r b y <br />Sect ion 1. <br />the Genera l Assembl y, the Rou ndta ble shal l hav e the power t o n eg otia te i nter basi n compact s <br />with othe r R oun dtab les estab lish ed u nder Th e C olor ado Wate r for the 21st Cen tury Act. Th e <br />Rou ndta ble sha ll, by con sensus, ag ree to a ny compa ct th at is n eg otia ted i n order f or it to <br />beco me v ali d an d bi ndin g <br />. <br />In terb asin Compa ct Commit tee. Th e Rou ndta ble shal l select two indi vi dual s to <br />Sect ion 2. <br />represe nt the Rou ndta ble on the IB CC . Th e Rou ndta ble may select an Alt erna te <br />Rep resen tati ve to atten d I BC C meetin gs in the ev ent a Rep resen tati ve is una ble to atten d. Th e <br />Rep resen tati ve s ne ed n ot b e Memb ers o f th e Rou ndta ble , but shall resi de with in the borde rs <br />of th e R oun dtab le A r ea . At lea st on e o f th em sha ll own a dju dica ted wa ter rig hts, i ncl udin g <br />owners of sh ares in a di tch or reserv oir compan y or t hei r a ge nts. Th e R epresen tati ve s sha ll be <br />ch os en , a n d ma y b e re mo v ed , b y c on se n su s (a s de fi n ed in A rt ic le I I I , Se ct io n 6 ) of t h e Me mb er s. <br />Th e R epresen tati ve s sha ll serv e a n ini tial ter m of fiv e y ears. T here after t he t er m s o f th e <br />Rep resen tati ve s sha ll be stag ge red. <br />Ba sin-Wi d e Wa ter Needs Assessment . Sub je ct to the av ail abi lity of a dequ ate <br />Sect ion 3. <br />funds, the Ro un dtab le shal l de ve lop a b asin -wide wat er n eeds a ssessment to ful fill th e <br />p r ov is io ns o f th e A ct (Se ction 37 -75-1 04 (2)(c), C olor ado Rev ised Statu tes). Th is a ssessment <br />sha ll look at t h e c ons ump tive and non-c ons ump tive nee ds of the Round tabl e Area, analyze <br />av ail abl e u nappr opria ted wa ters within the Rou ndta ble Are a, and propose proj ects o r meth ods <br />(both stru ctura l a nd non structu ral) for me etin g any ide ntified n eeds a nd util iz ing <br />una ppropri ated waters wh ere appropr iate . <br />Th e b asin -wide wat er n eeds a ssessment w il l use da ta and info rmatio n from <br />3 .1 <br />State wide W ater Supply Ini tiat iv e (SW SI ) an d oth er a ppropri ate source s as the <br />foun datio n for t he assessment. W here dat a, i nforma tion , an d re search g aps a re <br />iden tifie d th e R oun dtab le will work with Members, on-g o i n g S W S I a c t i v i t i e s, an d <br />ot h e r r e s o u r c e s c o o r d i n a t e d b y t h e O f f i c e o f I n t e r b a s i n C o m p a c t N e g o t i a t io n s. <br />In add itio n to t he data an d in formati on from th e SW SI , an y and all rel ev ant <br />3 .2 <br />source s of info rmatio n deemed appropr iate for consi derat ion by th e R oun dtab le <br />may be con sidere d. Data and info rmatio n from th e SWSI shall be no t be g iv en <br />prior ity ov er o ther sou rces o f dat a a nd info rmatio n. <br />Th e b asin -wide wat er n eeds a ssessment sh all be dev elop ed i n coope rati on with <br />3 .3 <br />lo ca l g ov er n me n ts , a re a wa te r pr ov id er s, a n d ot h er st a ke h ol de rs . <br />An y proposed proj ects or metho ds resul ting from the basi n-wide w at er needs <br />3 .4 <br />a sse ssm en t wi ll b e fo rwa rd ed t o th e I B C C b y t h e R ep re se n ta ti v es . <br />J 2, 20 07 <br />ULY <br />