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Short Title: CO Watershed Protection Fund Checkoff Sponsors: SCANLAN / SCHWARTZ Changes the name of the Colorado watershed protection fund to the Colo rado healthy rivers fund. Extends the period that state income tax return forms shall include a line whereby individual taxpayers may make a voluntary contribution to the Colorado healthy rivers fund. Status 01/30/2008 Introduced In House - Assigned to Fi nance 01/30/2008 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 02/12/2008 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 02/29/2008 House Committee on Appropriations Pass Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 03/03/2008 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed 03/04/2008 House Third Reading Passed 03/06/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 03/06/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 03/13/2008 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 04/16/2008 Senate Committee on Appropriations Pass Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 04/18/2008 Senate Second Reading Laid Over 04/21/2008 Senate Second Reading Passed 04/22/2008 Senate Third Reading Passed 05/13/2008 Signed by the Speaker of the House 05/14/2008 Signed by the President of the Senate 05/14/2008 Sent to the Governor BILL HB08 - 1280 CONCERNING PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS USED BY THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD FOR INSTREAM FLOWS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH WATER RIGHTS OWNERS. Short Title: Protect Leased Instream Flow Water Right Sponsors: FISCHER / SCHWARTZ Specifies that the time during which the Colorado water conservation board uses water rights for instream flow purposes pursuant to a contract is excluded from the water court's historic consumptive use analysis and shall not be considered as abandonment of the water right. Requires the board to: * Make a find ing that the lessor or lender of the water rights is not entering into the contract for speculative purposes; * Maintain records of how much water the board uses under the contract each year it is in effect;