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required to preserve the natural environment to a <br />reasonable degree". §§37-92-102(3), 103. <br />The constitutionality of this statute was upheld in <br />Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board, 197 Colo. 469, 594 P.2d 570 <br />(1979). The court held that there was no constitutional <br />requirement for a "diversion" of water in order to effect <br />an appropriation. <br />2. S.B. 481 (1979). <br />a. Amended the definition of "appropriation" in <br />§37-92-103(3) to require a: <br />specific plan and intent to divert, <br />store, or otherwise capture, possess, and <br />control a specific quantity of water for <br />specific beneficial uses. <br />No claim for water right or conditional water right <br />may be "recognized", and no decree may be "granted", <br />without compliance with these terms. <br />3. S.B. 414 (1981). <br />CWCB appropriation subject to four "principles and <br />limitations", including subordination to preexisting <br />undecreed water uses and exchanges, and a required <br />finding that the natural environment can exist "without <br />material injury to water rights." <br />4. S.B. 91 (1986). <br />a. Authorizes CWCB to acquire and change existing <br />water rights "as the Board determines may be required to <br />preserve the natural environment to a reasonable <br />degree". <br />b. CWCB to request recommendations from USDA and <br />USDOI. <br />C. Filings for appropriations by CWCB shall be <br />"consistent with other appropriations" and with <br />requirements of Article 92. <br />5. S.B. 212 (1987). <br />a. "Reaffirms, rather than changes", general <br />assembly's "original intent and the existing law" that <br />CWCB is "the only person or entity authorized by state <br />law to appropriate or acquire water for minimum stream <br />flows or lake levels". <br />3