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Page 1410 Senate Journal -114th Day -May 3, 2007 <br /> 0 <br /> Respectfully submitted, 1 <br /> 2 <br /> House Committee: Senate Committee: 3 <br /> (signed) (signed) 4 <br /> Representative Curry, Chair Senator Isgar, Chair 5 <br /> Representative Buescher Senator Penry 6 <br /> Representative McNulty Senator Schwartz 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> FIRST MINORITY REPORT OF FIRST CONFERENCE 12 <br /> COMMITTEE ON HB07 -1036 13 <br /> 14 <br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** 15 <br /> THIS REPORT AMENDS THE 16 <br /> REENGROSSED BILL 17 <br /> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** 18 <br /> 19 <br /> To the President of the Senate and the 20 <br /> Speaker of the House of Representatives: 21 <br /> 22 <br /> Your first conference committee appointed on HB07 -1036, 23 <br /> concerning restrictions on the ability of governmental bodies to acquire 24 <br /> specified water rights through the exercise of the power of eminent 25 <br /> domain, has met, and a minority thereof reports that it has agreed upon 26 <br /> the following: 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 1. That the Senate recede from its amendments made to the bill, 29 <br /> as said amendments appear in the rerevised bill. 30 <br /> 31 <br /> • 2. That, under the authority ;ranted the committee to consider 32 <br /> matters not at issue between the two souses, the following amendments 33 <br /> be recommended: 34 <br /> 35 <br /> Amend reengrossed bill, page 7, after line 7, insert the following: 36 <br /> 37 <br /> "SECTION 9. 37 -3 -103 (1) (h), Colorado Revised Statutes, is 38 <br /> amended to read: 39 <br /> 40 <br /> 37 -3 -103. General powers. (1) In order to protect life and 41 <br /> property within the district, and to protect or relieve land subject to 42 <br /> overflowing or washing, or which is menaced or threatened by the normal 43 <br /> flow or flood or surplus or overflow waters of any natural watercourse, 44 <br /> stream, canyon, or wash, whether perennial, intermittent, or flood, and in 45 <br /> order to effect the protection of the land and other property in the district, 46 <br /> and in order to accomplish all other purposes of the district, the board of 47 <br /> directors is authorized: 48 <br /> 49 <br /> (h) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH (h), to 50 <br /> acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, to construct, own, lease, 51 <br /> use, and sell, and to hold, encumber, control, and maintain any easement, 52 <br /> water ri &ht, railroad right -of -way, canal, sluice, reservoir or retarding 53 <br /> basin, mill dam, water power, work, franchise, park, cemetery, or other 54 <br /> public way or place, or any real or personal property, public or private, in 55 <br /> or out of said district, for rights -of -way or retarding basins, or for 56 <br /> materials of construction, or for any other use not inconsistent with the 57 <br /> purposes of articles 1 to 8 of this title. No DISTRICT OTHERWISE 58 <br /> POSSESSING THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AS PROVIDED BY LAW SHALL 59 <br /> EXERCISE SUCH POWER THAT RESULTS IN THE ACQUISITION OF 60 <br /> APPROPRIATED WATER RIGHTS. 61 <br /> 62 <br /> SECTION 10. 37 -41 -113 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is 63 <br /> amended to read: 64 <br /> IIII <br /> 65 <br /> 37 -41 -113. Board of directors - duties - contracts. (3) �u�lr 66 <br /> E XCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION (3), THE board OF 67 <br /> DIRECTORS has the power, in addition to the means to supply water to said 68 <br /> district proposed by the petition submitted for the formation of said 69 <br />