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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

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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary in order to restore the unencumbered balance
in the previously appropriated map modernization account to five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000), for the board to continue to assist with the
preparation of revised and improved floodplain studies and maps for
communities throughout Colorado and participate in federally sponsored
floodplain map modernization activities.
(2) The amounts appropriated in this section are in addition to
amounts appropriated previously for the Colorado floodplain map
modernization program. The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this
section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the proj ect
is completed.
SECTION 11. Colorado flood decision support system -
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 fifty thousand
dollars ($250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the board
to develop phase 1 of a statewide flood decision support system in order to
provide a clearinghouse of flood hazard information, timely and
well-organized flood outlook data products, weather modification
information, stream restoration facts, levee and dam inventories, and other
flood-related statistics to be used by a variety of engineers, floodplain
managers, and emergency response agencies through an organized website
providing links between data sources, users, and state flood protection staff.
(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall
remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.
SECTION 12. Continuation of the Chatfield reservoir
reallocation 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
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