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<br />notify affected local governments, school districts, and water districts. <br />Prohibits significant water developmerjt activities unless the water right <br />is the subject of an agreement or a decre~ containing terms and conditions <br />designed to address the impacts of the ohange on the county in which the <br />water had been used. . <br />Allows the parties to mediate disputes arising from negotiations to <br />reach an agreement regarding the proposed change of water rights. <br />Authorizes water courts to impose mitigation payments upon any person <br />who files an application for removal 'of water as part of a significant <br />water development activity. Requires the board of county commissioners <br />of the county from which water is re/Uoved to distribute any moneys <br />collected among the entities in the coul\ty having bonded indebtedness in <br />proportion to the percentage of th~ir share of the total of such <br />indebtedness. <br />Allows counties, alone or pursuant to an intergovemmental <br />agreement, to levy a county sales tax, use tax, ad valorem tax, or any <br />combination of such taxes of up to I % for the purposes of purchasing, <br />adjudicating changes of, leasing, using,' banking, and selling water rights. <br />Requires the ballot question for such proposed tax increases to clearly <br />state that approval may result in a sales or use tax rate in excess of the <br />current limitation. Requires the county to establish standards for the use <br />of such revenues. <br /> <br />I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br />2 SECTION 1. 37-92-103 (lOA) and (10.5), Colorado Revised <br />3 Statutes, are amended, and the said 37-92-103 is further amended BY <br />4 THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW SUBSECTIONS, to <br /> <br />5 read: <br /> <br />6 37-92-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context <br /> <br /> <br />7 otherwise requires: <br /> <br />8 (6.7) "COUNTY" MEANS ANY CqUNTY AND ANY CITY AND COUNTY <br /> <br /> <br />9 ESTABLISHED UNDER COLORADO LAW. <br /> <br />10 (10.4) "RG vegetlltion" lheM1S the establishmmt ofll gt Mnd co v er <br /> <br />11 ofplllnt!ifG dGJ1101dtlalGd to be, witho.;.t iuigittiOll, lGIlSOJiabl)1 cllJJabk of <br /> <br />12 <br />13 <br /> <br />snstlli'lillg, itself t1t,dGl thG climllti" c;:'nditian5, s\lils, prcdpitllt;all Ilnd <br /> <br />IGl11lill plGvlliling for th...lands flam ';'hich iuig,llliollwatGl is removcd. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />115 <br />