LEG00158

• Bill Number: SB01-161
• Year: 2001
• Title: Concerning Methods for Increasing the Supply of Available Water, and, in connection therewith, Directing the Colorado Water Conservation Board to Study Water Supply Demands and Alternatives for Meetin
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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intends to rely on to the extent such records exist. In the case of

appl;cat;oI15 AN APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A WATER BANK CHARTER

THAT HAS BEEN GRANTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-60-131 OR that will

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require construction of a well, other than applications for determinations

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of rights to ground water from wells described in section 37-90-137 (4).
no application shall be heard on its merits by the referee or water judge
until a written consultation report, as required by subsection (4) of this
section, has been submitted and considered, The consultation report shall
be submitted within four months after the filing of the application and
shall include findings as to whether the construction and use of any well
proposed in the application will injuriously affect the owner of, or persons
entitled to use, water under a vested water right or decreed conditional
water right OR WHETHER OPERATION OF A WATER BANK PURSUANT TO ITS

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CHARTER IS LIKELY TO ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO INJURIOUS EFFECT

ON THE OWNER OF OR PERSONS ENTITLED TO USE WATER UNDER A VESTED

WATER RIGHT OR A DECREED CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHT, In the case of

applications for determinations of rights to ground water from wells

described in section 37.90.137 (4), the application shall be supplemented

by evidence that the state engineer has issued or failed to issue, within

four months ofthe filing of the application in water court, a determination

as to the facts of such application, Such state engineer's determination

shall be made by the state engineer upon receipt from the water clerk of

a copy of the application, and no separate filing or docketing with the

state engineer shall be required,

(II) FORMS FOR APPROVAL OF A WATER BANK CHARTER SHALL

REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(A) A LIST OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT CONSTITUTE THE

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