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Second Regular Session <br />Sixty-sixth General Assembly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />LLS NO. 08-0402.01 Thomas Morris <br />HOUSE BILL <br />HOUSE SPONSORSHIP <br />Fischer, <br />SENATE SPONSORSHIP <br />Schwartz (verity), <br />SHORT TITLE: "Protect Leased Instream Flow Water Right" <br />DEADLINES: Finalize by: 01 /08/2008 File by: 01 /14/2008 <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />101 C ONCERNING PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS USED BY THE C OLORADO <br />102 WATER CONSERVATION BOARD FOR INSTREAM FLOWS UNDER <br />103 CONTRACTS WITH WATER RIGHTS OWNERS. <br />Bill Summary <br />(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does <br />not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently <br />adopted.) <br />Specifies that the time during which the Colorado water <br />conservation board uses water rights for Instream flow purposes pursuant <br />to a contract is excluded from the water court's historic consumptive use <br />analysis and shall not be considered as abandonment of the water right. <br />Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. <br />Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. <br />