House Bill 1128

• Bill Number: House Bill 1128
• Year: 1984
• Title: Concerning Water Conservation And Relating To The Activities Of The Colorado Water Conservation Board
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

STATE OF COLORADO
40 COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
823 State Centennial Building _ `
1313 Sherman Street
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
M E M O R A N D U M Governor.Lamm
J.William McDonald
Director
David W.Walker
Deputy Director
TO: Representative Walt Younglund
FROM: Bill McDonald
DATE: March 26, 1984
SUBJECT: Consequences of H.B. 1128 Failing to Pass
Per your request, I have identified below the consequences
of H:B. 1128, as passed by the Senate, not becoming law:
1 . Three new projects (section 1 ) would not he authorized
and could not, therefore, be contructed. However,
until the $22. 5 million borrowed from the construction
fund is repaid, these projects cannot be started
anyhow. Thus, they could be authorized by the 1985
General Assembly without being delayed.
2. Section 2 of the bill is important. . It authorizes the
Board to proceed out of priority with construction of
already authorized projects. This section would extend
this provision from July 1, 1984, to July 1, 1985, and
add four more projects . If not passed, these temporary
priorities will expire on July 1, 1984, and the Board
will have to revert to the originally authorized
priorities. Since there is not enough cash now
available to cover all authorized projects, several of
the projects listed in section 2 of this bill, because
they are recently authorized projects, could not go
forward as available monies would have to be reserved
for projects with earlier statutory priorities, even
though they may not be ready. for construction.
3. Sections 3-7 of the bill contain mostly technical
amendments . Their failure to pass would be of no
consequence, with one exception. The exception is the
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