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<br />e <br /> <br />24-32-2105.5. Water availability task force - drought condition <br />recommendations - legislative declaration - repeal. (1) THE GENERAL <br />ASSEMBLY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND COMMENDS THE DEDICATION AND <br />RESPONSIVENESS OF THE EXPERTS ON THE COLORADO W ATERA V AILABILITY <br />TASK FORCE IN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD FOR THEIR WORK AND <br />RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSING DROUGHT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS IN <br />COLORADO. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER RECOGNIZES THE <br />IMPORTANCE AND ADVISABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE <br />LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WORKING IN COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS THE <br />SERIOUS CONCERNS RAISED BY THE EXTREME CONDITIONS CREATED BY <br />DROUGHT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />(2) FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (I) OF THIS <br />SECTION, THEGENERALASSEMBL Y HEREBY ENCOURAGES THE GOVERNOR TO <br />DIRECT THE COLORADO WATER AVAILABILITY TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE TO <br />MONITOR DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES AND TO <br />FURTHER DEVELOP ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, AS INITIALLY PRESENTED TO THE <br />GOVERNOR ON MAY 1,2002, AND TO REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON <br />OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1,2002, REGARDING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, IF ANY, <br />FOR LEGISLATION ADDRESSING DROUGHT EMERGENCIES WHICH IT DEEMS <br />ADVISABLE AND NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CITIZENS OF THE <br />STATE OF COLORADO. <br /> <br />(3) THIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY I, 2003. <br /> <br />SECTION 4. Part 2 of article 33 of title 24, Colorado Revised <br />Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: <br /> <br />24-33-203. State forester - authority to permit controlled burns <br />during drought conditions - civil. THE STATE FORESTER MAY PROVIDE <br />WRITTEN AUTHORITY TO PERSONS SEEKING TO CONDUCT PRESCRIBED OR <br />CONTROLLED FIRES, SUCH AS GRASSLAND, FOREST, OR HABITAT <br />MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED IN <br />SECTION 13-21-105 (2), C.R.S. IN ISSUING WRITTEN AUTHORITY FOR <br />PRESCRIBED OR CONTROLLED FIRES, THE STATE FORESTER SHALL BE IN <br />CONFORMITY WITH AND SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY STATE OR LOCAL BANS <br />ON FIRES. <br /> <br />SECTION 5. Effective date - applicability. This act shall take <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 02S-1001 <br />