LEG00038

• Bill Number: HB98-1189
• Year: 1998
• Title: Concerning the Funding of Colorado Water Conservation Board Projects and Making Appropriations in Connection Therewith
• Legislation - Doc Type: Construction Fund Bill

be necessary, to continue the Arkansas river well measurement program.

(2) The amounts appropriated in this section are in addition to
amounts appropriated pre\10usly for the Arkansas river well measurement
program. The moneys appropriated in subsection (I) of this section shall
remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.

SECTION 8. Section 9 of Chapter 168, Session Laws of Colorado
1997, is amended to read: .

Section 9. Chatfield reservoir reallocation study - appropriation.
(I) The Celefaao water eelliefva1:ioR Beara is hereby litH:henua to cxpcRa
up te tfiree hundrea lfteti:lliRa dollar~ ($: 00, 000) [rem the Celofaae ',vater
CD!iServatisR Beara eORstrlietioR fufla IN ADDmON TO ANY OTHER
APPROPRIATION, THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED, OUT OF ANY MONEYS IN
THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CONSTRUCTION F1.JND NOT
OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, TO THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION
BOARD, THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000), OR SO
MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, to cooperate with the United States
anny corps of engineers, the urban drainage and flood control district,
interested local governments, and other water users, in a rees.IlfiaisS!lflce
FEASIBIUIY study te OC cORducted.iB. 199+ for the potential reallocation of
flood control storage space to municipal water supply storage in Chatfield
reservoir. The plHjlese sf this fee6lHiaisSliRee smay is te liRal)"ze eXistiag
liRa a1teffl!Hi"e SpcmtiOM sf the Cherlie1d resefveir iBEiividWllI)" !lfta., ts the
cxtent Bceessac)", systematiea:lly with the Chefl)" Crcek liRa Bt::llf Creek
rCSCfveirJ. Ie aetermi:d.: the flfh~bilit) sf oodcrttl:kffig a msre acttlliNl-tmd
mere expeMiye iB'iestiga1:ien eOReeaHag the f-clt5ibilit)" ef rea:ll6~ating
storage irl IRe flaed eSRffel peel sf Chatfield reservsir, either permaRefitly
or on a SeB5eRal Basis, Ie the eORscfvatioR peel for wflter stippl)" pli!psses.
The re:onnfl:i."isltllce ."ired)" will e."irimale potcatial ehltllges to aown:31'feftffi
flows ana to rescrvoir peol elev!ltieM a:3 wcUlt5 the potcntia:l. eORse/picae:s
to ',vater Sl:ll'lfllies, ileoa damages, reere!ltiofl epporta:aitics, ',veA'er quality,
H4 ltlId ''\"ildlif-c haBitat, aad etllcr rcseur:es.

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(2) Expenditure of the funds ill subsection (I) of this section shall
be contingent upon the board r::eei',1Rg a cemmitmcnt frem the U:lit::d
Statcs army CJIfJ3 ef cRgtac::rs tllat thes.: e;ipCRWlHrCS, aad signifiefUlt
in 1-iRd smices pre\id:d by thc baMB staif, aloag with flflY Jimilar
contributions hy ethcr Roaf-cdcral participar,ts, will Be rceeglliz;d. fI:I1a
er:wtca e:ppfoj3riately ifi the liegetifrtca EXECUTING A cost share agreement
for funding and implementation of a formal feasibility study, should the
board and the Colorado department of natural resources decide to proceed

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