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literally according to common usage "unless they have acquired a <br />technical meaning by legislative definition." People v. <br />Yascavage 101 P.3d 1090, 1093 (Colo. 2004) (citing §§ 2 -4 -101, <br />2 -4 -212, C.R.S. (2004); J.J.H. 17 P.3d 159 (Colo. 2001)). <br />Thus, "when the legislature defines a term . . . that definition <br />governs." Bill Boom 961 P.2d at 470 (citing R.E.N. v. City of <br />Colorado Springs 823 P.2d 1359, 1364 (Colo. 1992)). Except <br />where the General Assembly plainly evidenced a contrary intent, <br />such a definition controls wherever the term is used throughout <br />the statute. Bill Boom 961 P.2d at 470 (citing, inter alia <br />R.E.N., 823 P.2d at 1364). <br />Section 37 -92 -305 establishes the standards for the water <br />courts' adjudication of all conditional water rights. According <br />to paragraph (9)(a) of that section, "[n]o claim for a water <br />_right may be recognized or a decree therefore granted except to <br />the extent that the waters have been diverted, stored, or <br />otherwise captured, possessed, and controlled and have been <br />applied to a ben eficial use." (emphasis added). As redefined <br />by the General Assembly in SB 216, a beneficial use is: <br />[T]he use of that amount of water that is <br />reasonable and appropriate under reasonably <br />efficient practices to accomplish without <br />waste the purpose for which the <br />appropriation is lawfully made and, without <br />limiting the generality of the foregoing, <br />includes the impoundment of water for <br />recreational purposes, including fishery or <br />wildlife, and also includes the diversion of <br />29 <br />