LEG00104

• Bill Number: SB99-173
• Year: 1999
• Title: Concerning the Funding of Colorado Water Conservation Board Projects and Making Appropriations in Connection Therewith
• Legislation - Doc Type: Construction Fund Bill

Ch_ 218

Water and Irrigation

southern boundary of Alamosa county to near South Fork, Rio Grande county,
Colorado_ The purposes of the investigation will be to evaluate the feasibility of
various restoration projects to improve channel conveyance capacity, reduce
vulnerability to flood damages, improve water diversion, restore riparian habitat, and
facilitate delivery of interstate compact commitments. The scope of work for the
planning investigation shall be developed by the board in consultation with a
technical advisory committee consisting of water users interested in the Rio Grande
basin in Colorado.

(2) In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any
moneys in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise
appropriated, to the Colorado water conservation board for allocation to the San Luis
Valley Water Conservancy District, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to consult with the technical
advisory committee, to retain one or more contractors to conduct the feasibility
investigation for the project and prepare a report summarizing this investigation, and
for the continued implementation of this section.

(3) The moneys appropriated in subsection (2) of this section shall remain
available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.

SECTION 11. Arkansas river basin water and storage needs assessment
phase II - appropriation. (I) In addition to any other appropriation, thereis hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Colorado water conservation board
construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Colorado water conservation
board for allocation to the southeastern Colorado water and storage needs assessment
enterprise, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or so much thereofas
may be necessary, to assist in the development of a storage options plan as part of
phase" ofthe Arkansas river basin water and storage needs assessment.

(2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (I) of this section shall remain
available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.

SECTION 12. Section 5 of chapter" 7, Session Laws of Colorado 1995, is
amended to read:

Section 5. Pnrgatoire River Transit Loss Investigation - appropriation. The
Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to expend up to sixty
thousand dollars ($60,000) from the Colorado water conservation board construction
fund for an investigation and assessment of transit times and losses associated with
releases of water from the Trinidad Reservoir in and along the Purgatoire River to its
confluence with the Arkansas River, TO COOPERATE IN A STUDY OF DITCH SYSTEM
LOSSES AND IRRIGATION EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE PURGATOIRE RIVER WATER
CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, and FOR related expenses.

SECTION 13. 37-60-122.7 (4), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended, and the
said 37-60-122.7 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
SUBSECTION, to read:

37-60-122.7. Small project loan acconnt - feasibility study small grant
account - creation. (4) The moneys in the small project loan account are hereby