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<br />. <br /> <br />First Regular Session <br />Sixty-fourth General Assembly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />ENGROSSED <br /> <br />HJR03-1011 <br /> <br />LLS NO. R03-0846.0 1 Duane Gall <br /> <br />Lamborn <br /> <br />HOUSE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Harvey <br /> <br />SENATE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Senate Committees <br /> <br />House Committees <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />101 <br />102 <br />103 <br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />. <br /> <br />HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 03-1011 <br /> <br />CONCERNING IDENTIFYING, CLAIMING, AND PUTTING TO BENEFICIAL <br />USE COLORADO'S SHARE OF COLORADO RIVER COMPACT <br />WATER. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Adequate water supplies are essential to the health, <br />economy, and quality oflife of Colorado citizens; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Colorado is a headwaters state and is a primary <br />source of water in the Colorado River; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Protecting Colorado's water rights is a fundamental <br />obligation of the state; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Colorado is an arid state and must claim its legal <br />share of Colorado River Compact water; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Colorado does not use its full entitlement to Colorado <br />River water and, according to reliable estimates, is entitled to upwards of <br />one million acre-feet of water; and <br /> <br />Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlininl! denotes SENATE amendment. <br />Capita/letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. <br />Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. <br />