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<br />And I can promlse you, if there lS a $10 million pot of <br /> <br />money sitting over at DNR, there are gOlng to be people comlng <br /> <br />in finding a way to get into it. <br /> <br />studies that need to be done. <br /> <br />I guess my question for you, Senator Isgar, lS if--why do <br /> <br />They will find feasibility <br /> <br />not--if these projects are out there and they need startup money <br /> <br />and they need feasibility money, why don't they come in and <br /> <br />apply for it and apply for appropriation like any other group <br /> <br />does, rather than asking us to send $10 million over to DNR <br /> <br />without any clue about where it's going to go? <br /> <br />Chairperson Fitz-Gerald: <br /> <br />Senator Isgar? <br /> <br />Senator Isgar: <br /> <br />Thank you, Madame Chair. <br /> <br />Yeah, and Senator McElhany, we're not really--we're not <br /> <br />taking general funds down to the DNR. <br /> <br />These are funds that were <br /> <br />collected from the Severance Tax. <br /> <br />They're already in the <br /> <br />Severance Tax Trust Fund. <br /> <br />They're on the operational side. <br /> <br />It's money that's already there. And we are designating $10 <br /> <br />million of it to use for this purpose. <br /> <br />And I can't remember all of your other questions, actually, <br /> <br />but I think it's a very appropriate use. I don't know that we <br /> <br />want every entity in the state coming in here to try to get an <br /> <br />appropriation. We've created the Colorado Water Conservation <br /> <br />Board with members from all around the state that evaluate these <br /> <br />- 8 - <br />