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• <br />~~ <br />n~1.c~ ~ <br />.~ , <br />~ ~~~~~ <br />HOUSE BILL 08-1280 <br />BY REPRESENTATIVES}Fischer, Le~~-; Madden; Pommer, Borodkin, <br />Kefalas; Kerr A., King, Massey, McGihon, Primavera, Scanlan, Solano, <br />Stafford, Todd; Weissmann, «Thite, and Green: <br />also SENATOR(S) Sch«.~artz, Gibbs, Tochtrop, Bacon, Groff, Harvey, <br />Isgar, Kopp; Romer, Sandoval. Shaffer, Spence, Tupa, Wiens, Williams, <br />and VVindels. <br />CONCER'~T~"G PROTECTION OF V~~ATER RIGHTS USED BY THE COLORADO <br />~?~~ATER COI`TSERVATION BOARD FOR INSTREAM FLOWS UNDER <br />CONTRACTS ~~;'ITH WATER RIGHTS OWNERS. <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br />SECTIOl~T 1. The introductory portion to 37-92-102 (3), Colorado <br />Revised Statutes, is amended to read: <br />37-92-102. Legislative declaration -basic tenets of Colorado <br />water Ia~v. (3} Further recognizing the need to correlate the activities of <br />mankind «-ith some reasonable preservation of the natural environment, the <br />Colorado ~~~ater conservation board is hereby vested with the exclusive <br />authoritti-; on behalf of the people of the state of Colorado, to appropriate in <br />a manner consistent «-ith sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the state <br />constitution, such v~Taters of natural streams and lakes as the board <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate <br />deletions from existing statutes and such material not part of act. <br />