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Dinckodon <br />Section 374WI21(2.5)(a). CKS. provides; <br />Tho bmW is Authorized. to expend. pwana to mtiuum qpmpristion and =bJW,ta the <br />II , M (b) Of" 869ftfiOn (23), A total BUM 1201 to eWWdfIOUT.nWlion <br />Mims from the litWdon AuA winch is herby mtawd, for Purpme of ftv&g. in <br />liligoticis: ... (0 To de &md and pmtect Cebm&'s GUOC&OW Of water M' fift[ItatC 9ftAM5 <br />and rivers; and UV) To mure die rawtimuin bdw&W use ofwater ft ruture <br />gmtrWonp by ad4reoftinq t - wril qucsb*om <br />of fkdetal fir." <br />Stection, (b) of wt=fton (2.5) iWev <br />Pursuant to t h e Vending authority set frith in paragraph (a)' of this mibewfl on (23), moneys <br />may be expended from the litigation fund at the discretion of the boimd M (I) With respect to <br />ft litigation, the Colorado attorney general reque* that to board xadiorize the vq=Wtura <br />of moneys in a mecified amount not to exceed the balance ofthe.fund for the toots of <br />litigation tssQcWed with ohe or motv speofficafly identified lawsuits meeting ft critoda. -sot <br />forth in peraVaph (4) af0is subsm6im (24� <br />Soction (a) of subsection 2.5 provides: "Any fismat earned on JW moneys in the litijpfipn fund <br />I shall be crediied an an mmusl basis to the HOPfion hind created in paragraph (a) of This <br />subsugon (2.:5). <br />To date;. this Board has auftrized ftvttd expo itures from the li4kfion fund—there have <br />been expendium associated With South Platte River ft= .Oft nagodeflom the Kansm v. <br />Colorado Arkanm River Libpflon, the Colorado River rxegotittiosM =d the Republican River <br />hfigation. Last ym the Oenerd Amcnibly refitftd tht litipticm ftW up to On .original <br />$4.000,000, with money NrA the Construct(en Fuji. <br />TU eotpe ciitut3esF that have been and Ibr dw Colorado River issues have allowod the State: to <br />hm competent legal counsel during ft dwddpment Hof the ShWtqpCrustier. This montyhag <br />atso funded the _ I ization of a fidgaien database relatod to ft law of the irivrr- Mareme•, <br />this money has allowed Colorado to partimpate in litigation brougbt by envi=mentat <br />organizations, such as the recent Grand Canyon Trust litigation. With regard to the- SMSAW <br />.request from then Attotney Generil's Of0m the taffisof the opinion that this arnount is <br />justified. Approval oftbis request would -allow the State to continue tb adequately defend iN <br />interests in thr.•Colorado River basin tbrough various•negati4tions and lift9abow <br />2 <br />