Summary of 2008 Water Bills

• Title: Water Bills - 2008 Legislative Session
• Date: 6/1/2008
• IBCC - Doc Type: Legislation

Status

02/05/2008 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
02/19/2008 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone
Indefinitely

BILL HB08 - 1346

CONCERNING THE FUNDING OF COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
PROJECTS, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Short Title:
Water Cons ervation Bd Construction Fund
Sponsors:
CURRY / ISGAR

Appropriates $60,600,000 from the perpetual base account of the severance tax trust fund for the
Republican river water conservation district's Republican river compact compliance pipeline.
Appropriate s $1,000,000 from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund to finance a
tamarisk control cost - sharing grant program. Appropriates the following amounts from the
Colorado water conservation board construction fund for the following projects:
* $11,217,060 for the Pagosa area water & sanitation district water activity enterprise dry gulch
reservoir project land purchase;
* $350,000 for renovation of existing gauging stations, replacement of outdated collection
platforms and upgrading of trans mission components of the satellite monitoring system, stream
gage flood hardening projects, and data collection efforts related to flood forecasting and
warning;
* $300,000 to implement the major recommendations identified in the 2002 Colorado drought
mi tigation and response plan;
* $150,000 for establishing new instream flow appropriations and changing the use of acquired
water rights for instream flow use;
* $150,000 to support the Colorado river 7 basin states in undertaking projects and studies
look ing at short - and long - term options for augmenting the water supplies of the Colorado river
system;
* $150,000 for operating expenses and activities of Colorado's representatives associated with
either participation or monitoring the Colorado river issues under the Mexican treaty;
* $500,000 for the Colorado water conservation board to continue the model development phase
of the Colorado water needs and alternatives analysis;
* $1,000,000 for the board to continue development of the South Platte decision support system;
* $500,000 for the board to undertake a study to identify issues associated with the
administration of state water rights in the Colorado river basin under the terms of the Colorado
river and upper Colorado river compacts;
* $250,000 for the board to continue to develop a statewide flood decision support system;
* $175,000 for the board to continue to assist water conservation districts, water conservancy
districts, and other water providers with the development of cloud seeding programs ;
* $150,000 for the board to continue to participate in a floodplain improvement feasibility study