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<br />." <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />/ ~1987 <br />o <br /> <br />. ' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />SENATE BILL NO. 212. <br /> <br />BY S~NATORS ~cCcrmick, Bishop, Brandon. DeNier, Wa:tenberg, <br />Winkler, and Strickland; <br />also REPRESENTATIVES Paulson. Carpenter. Mclnn~s, Berger. <br />Anderson, Chlouber. Oambman, Entz, Mutzebaugh. Norton. Pankey, <br />Reese~, and Trujillo. <br /> <br />CONCERNI~G THE OBTAIN~~G OF WATER RIGH~S FOR ~NSTREAM FLOwS BY <br />THE COLORADO WA~ER CO~SERVATION SOARD. AND, IN CONNECTION <br />THERE~!~rl. PROViDING FOR NATURAL SURFACE WATER LEVELS OR <br />VOLLMES FOR NATURAL LAKES AND FOR THE EXCLUSION OF ALL <br />eTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES FROM OBTAINiNG SUCH WATER <br />RiGHTS FOR ANY PURPCSE WHATSOEVER. <br /> <br />Be i: enacted Ql the Ge~eral Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Lecislat~ve intent. The <br />~ <br />hereby finds, determines, and declares <br />reaff~rms. rather than changes, the <br />ori9i~al intent and the existing law that <br />conse,vatior. bcarj is :he only ~erson or <br />state l~H to ap~ropriate or acq~ire ~ater <br />flo~s or for nat~~al lake ieveis. <br /> <br />generai assembly <br />that this act <br />general assembly's <br />the Co~orado water <br />ent~ty authorized by <br />for minimum stream <br /> <br />SECTION 2. The i~troductory portion to 37-92-102 (3), <br />Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, is amended to read: <br /> <br />37-92-102. Leg~slat"ve declaration. (3) Further <br />reccgn:zlng the need :0 correla~e the activities of ~ankind <br />with some reasonable preservation of the natural envircnmer.t, <br />the COlorado ~ater corservation board is hereby vested with <br />the EXCLUSIVE authority, on behalf of the people of the state <br />of Colorado, to apprcpriate in a manner consistent with <br />sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the state constitution, <br />such waters of natural streams and lakes as the board <br />determines may be requ~red FOR MINIMUM STREAM FLOWS OR FOR <br />NATURAL SURFACE WATER LEVELS OR VOLUMES FOR NATURAL LAKES to <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to ex sting statutes; <br />dashes through words indicate deletions from exist ng statutes and <br />such material not part of act. <br />