HB 98-1006 Documents Related to the Passage 1998

• Description: HB 98-1006 signed, HB 98-1006 Implementation meeting agenda, list of supporters, and other supporting documentation
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Author: Various Authors
• Title: HB 98-1006 Documents Related to the Passage of Species Conservation Trust Fund 1998
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Legislation

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HOUSE BILL 98 -1006
BY REPRESENTATIVES Adkins, Smith, S. Johnson, Bacon, Gotlieb,
Grossman, Hagedorn, Lawrence, Mace, Reeser, Smith, Sullivant, Udall,
S. Williams, and Zimmerman;
also SENATORS Bishop, Ament, Dennis, Hernandez, Hopper, Martinez,
Matsunaka, Norton, Pascoe, Phillips, Rupert, Schroeder, Wattenberg, and
Wham.
CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND TO PROMOTE THE
CONSERVATION OF NATIVE SPECIES, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Article 33 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is
amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
24 -33 -111. Conservation of native species - fund created.
(1) Legislative declaration. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING NATIVE SPECIES THAT HAVE
BEEN LISTED AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL
LAW, OR ARE CANDIDATE SPECIES OR ARE LIKELY TO BECOME CANDIDATE
SPECIES AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY DECLARES AND DETERMINES
THAT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION, OR APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS
THE CONSERVATION OF SUCH SPECIES FOR COMPLYING WITH THE "FEDERAL
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deletions from existing statutes and such material not part of act.