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<br />SENATE BIll NO. 91.
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<br />BY SENATORS Ezzard, Bishop, Allard, McCormick, Rizzuto, Baca,
<br />Beatty, Callihan, Fenlon, Fowler, Gallagher, Groff, Hefley,
<br />P. Powers, Strickland, and Traylor;
<br />also REPRESENTATIVES D. Williams, Brown, Shoemaker, Bryan,
<br />Allison, M.l. Bird, Campbell, Dambman, Fish, Herzog,
<br />Mutzebaugh, and Taylor-little.
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<br />CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION OF WATER BY THE COLORADO WATER
<br />CONSERVATION BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE
<br />NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO A REASONABLE DEGREE.
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<br />Be it enacted ~ the General Assembly of the ~ of Colorado:
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<br />SECTION 1. The introductory portion to 37-92-102 (3),
<br />Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, is amended, and the
<br />said 37-92-102 (3) is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
<br />PARAGRAPH, to read:-
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<br />37-92-102. Legislative declaration. (3) Further
<br />recognizing the need to correlate the activities of mankind
<br />with some reasonable preservation of the natural environment,
<br />the Colorado water conservation board is hereby vested with
<br />the authority, on behalf of the people of the state of
<br />Colorado, to appropriate in a manner consistent with sections
<br />5 and 6 of article XVI of the state constitution, or--aeqaire~
<br />such waters of natural streams and lakes as THE BOARD
<br />DETERMINES may be required to preserve the natural environment
<br />to a reasonable degree. THE BOARD ALSO MAY ACQUIRE, BY GRANT,
<br />PURCHASE, BEQUEST, DEVISE, LEASE, EXCHANGE, OR CONTRACTUAL
<br />AGREEMENT, FROM OR WITH ANY PERSON, INCLUDING ANY GOVERNMENTAL
<br />ENTITY, SUCH WATER, WATER RIGHTS, OR INTERESTS IN WATER AS THE
<br />BOARD DETERMINES MAY BE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL
<br />ENVIRONMENT TO A REASONABLE DEGREE, AND THE BOARD MAY INITIATE
<br />APPLICATIONS WHICH IT DETERMINES ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE
<br />FOR UTILIZING SUCH WATER, WATER RIGHTS, OR INTERESTS IN WATER,
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<br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes;
<br />dashes through words indicate deletions fro. existing statutes and
<br />such material not part of act.
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