18i ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: CF Section – Referred Non-Reimbursable Investments - CWCB - Colorado Foundation for Water Education - Annual Appropriations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

SECTION 25. Water education foundation -authorization and appropriation. (1) In
addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in
the Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to
the Colorado water conservation board, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000), for the establishment of a water education foundation and continued support
of water education programs by means of a grant to the Colorado Water Congress. The
purpose of the board's funding is to promote a better understanding of water issues
through educational opportunities and resources so Colorado citizens will understand
water as a limited resource and will make informed decisions.
(2) Following the establishment of the water education foundation, in addition to any
other appropriation, the Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized, from
the water conservation board construction fund, to annually provide one hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($150,000) to the foundation.
(3) The moneys referred to in subsections (1) and (2) of this section are hereby
continuously appropriated to the board for the purposes established in this section.
(4) The board shall review the purposes of this section annually and is hereby authorized
to cease providing moneys in the following year, after providing notice to the Colorado
Water Congress, if in its discretion, the board determines the purposes for which this
section is established have ceased. The board may set terms and conditions as it deems
appropriate concerning the annual expenditure of moneys.