Yampa-White-Green BRT Bylaws

• Basin Roundtable: Yampa/White
• Title: By-Laws for the Yampa/White/Green Basins Roundtable
• Date: 1/1/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: By-Laws

BY - LAWS, OPERATING PROC EDURES, AND MEMBERSHIP
GUIDELINES OF THE
YAMPA - WHITE ROUNDTABLE

PREAMBLE

In Colorado, water is among the state’s most important issues. The ability to successfully
address the challenges and opportunities related to water requires a basin - driven, c ollaborative
approach. To facilitate continued discussions within and between basins on water management
issues, and to encourage locally driven collaborative solutions to water supply challenges, the
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Colorado Water for the 21 Century act (2006 - HB - 1177) created nine permanent basin
roundtables. Among such roundtables is the Yampa - White Roundtable.

The legitimacy of a roundtable organization should be measured against the ideal of a
participatory democracy. Therefore, it is the desire of the Yampa - Wh ite Roundtable that anyone
potentially affected by the actions of this Roundtable should have the opportunity to provide
information to or participate in the Roundtable, or at least be assured that each affected group of
stakeholders should have a represen tative participating as a member of the Roundtable.

The Yampa and White Rivers and their tributaries are largely not administered nor over
appropriated. The Yampa - White Roundtable anticipates that water interests outside of the
Yampa River and White Riv er basins will desire to acquire water interests in our basins for
potential export. The Roundtable is therefore especially sensitive to the protection of the Yampa
River and White River basin water for future generations in our basins, and to protect our present
and future water users against curtailments in the event of a compact call on the Colorado River.

Therefore, for the purpose of providing for the orderly conduct and carrying on of the
business, objects and affairs of the YAMPA - WHITE ROUNDTABLE, the Membership of said
Roundtable hereby makes, publishes and declares these By - Laws, Operating Procedures, and
Membership Guidelines, which are collectively herein called the “Bylaws.”

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

When used herein, the following words, te rms and phrases shall have the following
meaning, to - wit:

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1. The term "Act” shall mean the Colorado Water for the 21 Century Act, HB - 1177,
adopted in 2005, as amended.

2. The term "Roundtable" shall mean the YAMPA - WHITE ROUNDTABLE, a
permanent bas in roundtable created under the Act.

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