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<br />promulgated by the state engineer pursuant to the procedures of section 37.92-501 (2), Such rules shall be based <br />upon specific study of the confined aquifer system and shall be promulgated prior to July I, ~ 2003, In the <br />promulgation of such rules for water division 3, the state engineer shall recognize that unappropriated water is <br />not made available and injury is not prevented as a result of the reduction of water consumption by nonirrigated <br />native vegetation, Such rules shall also permit the development of the water resources of water division 3 in a <br />manner that will protect Colorado's ability to meet its interstate compact obligations and to prevent injury to <br />senior appropriators in the order of their priorities, and with due regard for daily, seasonal, and longer demands <br />on the water supply, The state engineer and the Colorado water conservation board shall proceed with diligence <br />to complete needed studies, <br /> <br />(II) Subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) is repealed, effective July 1, ~ 2003; except that nothing in <br />this subsection (12) shall affect the validity of the rules adopted by the state engineer for groundwater <br />withdrawals in water division 3, or affect the applicability of such rules to well permits that have been or will be <br />issued, and judicial decrees that have been or will be entered, for the withdrawal of groundwater in water <br />division 3. <br /> <br />SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is <br />necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, <br /> <br />Approved: March 28, 2001 <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate deletions from <br />existing statutes and such material not part of act, <br /> <br />http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sI200l/sL67.HTM <br /> <br />06/05/2002 <br />