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• Bill Number: SB07-122
• Year: 2007
• Title: Concerning the funding of Colorado water conservation board projects, and making appropriations in connection therewith.
• Legislation - Doc Type: Construction Fund Bill

(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall
remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.
SECTION 8. Colorado decision support system modeling and
engineering support services - 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 department of natural resources, for allocation to the
Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2007, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for engineering support services to assist staff
in conducting technical modeling analysis for instream flow issues,
statewide water supply initiative issues, interbasin compact issues, and other
water resource planning support needs utilizing the Colorado decision
support system.
(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall
remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.
SECTION 9. Snowmelt timing study - 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 department of natural resources, for
allocation to the Colorado water conservation board, for the fiscal year
beginning July l, 2007, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or so
much thereof as may be necessary, for the board to collaborate with the
United States geological survey in an analysis of snowpack melt timing,
stream flow runoff timing, and trends in monthly air temperature and
precipitation in Colorado's high elevation areas in order to further
understand their impacts on water resources and implications for water
management in Colorado, including changes in water use, reservoir
operations, timing and magnitude of snowmelt flooding, drought response,
and availability of instream flows.
(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall
remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.
SECTION 10. Continuation of the Colorado floodplain map
modernization - appropriation. (1) In addition to any other
appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
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