Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-0

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Roles and Responsibilities Administrative and Procedural Ba sin Roundtables Each roundtable has adopted by - laws that include the roundtable’s goals, objectives, and operating procedures, and each Basin Roundtable has elected their own leadership. They also have the authority to set their own meeting schedule, time , location, and agenda as well as establish relevant sub - committees. These operating procedures reflect the uniqueness of each basin and the specific needs of each roundtable. Basin Roundtable’s meeting logistics are discussed in Section 2 below. IBCC T he first major task undertaken by the IBCC was the development of a Charter to “govern and guide all negotiations between Basin roundtables.” Through an iterative process between the DNR, the IBCC, and the Basin Roundtables, the IBCC agreed on the provisi ons of a Charter. On April 5, 2006, the IBCC adopted a Charter fulfilling its obligations in C.R.S. 37 - 75 - 105. The IBCC referred the Interbasin Compact Charter to the Colorado General Assembly and the Charter was approved through HB 06 - 1400. The Charter includes: ? Foundational Legal and Guiding Principals ? T he roles of the IBCC (see table) ? A framework and principles to guide negotiations between roundtables, including policies to ensure that individual compacts do not conflict with one another ? Procedures for ratification of compacts, including a mandatory provision that every affected roundtable must approve the draft compact ? Authorities and procedures to ensure that approved compacts are legally binding and enforceable; and ? Procedures for integrating the Interbasin Compact processes with other water planning and development processes, except that no provision may supersede, impair, or modify any local government’s “authority, jurisdiction, or permitting powers.” 7