LEG00034

• Bill Number: SB74-004
• Year: 1974
• Title: Concerning the Annual Report on Proposed Contracts Submitted by the Colorado Water Conservation Board to the General Assembly
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

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WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS

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CHAPTER 113

WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CONSTRUCTION
\ FUND - EXPENDITURES

SENATE BILL NO.5. BY SENATORS Anderson. Kinnie. Locke. McCormick. Noble. Wunsch. and Massari; also REPRE.
SENTATIVES Younglund. Baer. Bryan!. Burns. Edmonds. Gunn. Hinman. Quinlan. Ross. Smith. Spano. Bishop. Carroll.
Diltemore. Fentress. Hamlin, Hayes. Howe. Koster, Lloyd. McNeil. Munson. O'Brian. Sears. Sonnenberg. Strahle. Strang,
Taylor. and Wells.

AN ACT

AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES fROM THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION
BOARD CONSTRUCTION FUND fOR PROJECT FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

Section 1. 149-1-22 (I), Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 (1971 Supp.), is
amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

149-1-22. General assembly approval. (I) (d) In order to determine the
economic and engineering feasibility of any project proposed to be con-
structed from funds provided in whole or in part from the Colorado water
conservation board construction fund, the board shall cause a feasibility
report to be prepared on such proposed project if. in the discretion of the
board, it appears to qualify for consideration under section 149-1-19. For all
such feasibility investigations the board is authorized to commit or expend
on a continuing basis a sum not to exceed five percent of the total construc-
tion fund authorized by section 149-1-21 prior to the execution and approval
of any contract contemplated by para.graph (b) of this subsection (I); except
that the cost of any feasibility investigation shall be considered a part of the
total project cost if such project is subsequently constructed.

Section 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds. determines.
and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, and safety.

Approved: March 21,1974

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