PUB00154

• Year: 1992
• Title: Agenda Item 6 January 22-23 1992 Board Meeting
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Description: Agenda Item 6 January 22-23 1992 Board Meeting
• Publications - Doc Type: Tech Report

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LDO NO. 85 0619/1 Fifty.fifth General Assembly

SENATE BILL NO.

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STATE OF COLORADO

AGRICULTURE,
NATUm RESOURCES & E1lERGT
BY SENATORS Glass, Lee, Fenlon, and Peterson;
also REPRESENTATIVES Herzog, Hume, and Underwood.

A BILL FOR AN ACT
1 CONCERNING WATER RIGHTS FOR CONSERVED AGRICULTURAL WATER.

Bi'l Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill !! introduced
and does not necessarily reflect ~ amendments which may be
subsequently adopted.)

Provides that, when the owner of an absolute agricultural
water right uses conservation methods to reduce the historic
consumptive use of the water right, he may use, sell, lease,
exchange;:or make available for augmentation or substitute
supply the amount of water which he conserves. Further
provides, however, that no injury can occur to the owners of
water rights or persons entitled to use water under a water
right. Requires that a change of water right decree must be
obtained before the use of the conserved water is changed.
Provides that conserved water does not include water which was
wasted historically. Calculates the measure of conserved
water as the difference between the historic consumptive use
and the reduced consumptive use of the agricultural water
right. Contains a savings proviso which recognizes that
articles of incorporation, bylaws, or contractual arrangements
of a ditch or reservoir company may prevent transfer or change
of water out of the ditch or reservoir.

2 Be it enacted ~ the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

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SECTION 1. Article 82 of title 37, Colorado Revised

4 Statutes, as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
5 SECTION to read:

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