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<br />Second Regular Session <br />Sixty-fourth General Assembly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />ENGROSSED <br /> <br />LLS NO. R04-0933.01 Thomas Morris <br /> <br />HJR04-1009 <br /> <br />HOUSE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Young and Spradley <br /> <br />SENATE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Kester <br /> <br />House Committees <br /> <br />Senate Committees <br /> <br />HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 04-1009 <br />101 CONCERNING ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF DIVERSIONS OF WATER <br />102 OUT OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS <br />103 -ISSUED-BY-'FHE-FEDERAL-BUREAU-OF-REGbAMA'FION. <br /> <br />I WHEREAS, The Arkansas river is one of the major rivers <br />2 originating in the state of Colorado; and <br /> <br />3 WHEREAS, The Arkansas river drainage covers 24,904 square <br />4 miles, provides water to irrigate 440,200 acres of cropland, and supplies <br />5 water to a population of over 836,000 people; and <br /> <br />6 WHEREAS, The eastern plains of Colorado, including the <br />7 Arkansas river valley, are a semiarid desert; and <br /> <br />8 WHEREAS, The farmers of the valley depend on irrigation for the <br />9 production of agricultural crops, which in turn fuels the economic engine <br />10 of the lower reaches of the Arkansas river in Colorado; and <br /> <br />Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining 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 /> <br />'" <br />.s;;~ <br />-Co <br />UJ"'o <br />U)~N~ <br />::J-c~ <br />0<:.<:: <br />INe <br />-c'" <br />~p, <br /><: <br />Ql <br />E <br /><l: <br /> <br />II <br />12 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Farmers in the Arkansas river valley produce <br />vegetables, grain crops, and livestock that benefit the entire state of <br />