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<br />CHAPTER 281 <br /> <br />TAXATION <br /> <br />SENATE BILL 02-087 [Digest] <br /> <br />BY SENATOR(S) Evans, Entz, Pascoe, Taylor, Fitz-Gerald, Isgar, Matsunaka, Phillips, and Tupa; <br /> <br />also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Miller, Alexander, Coleman, Mace, Madden, Romanoff, Stafford, and <br />Tochtrop. <br /> <br />AN ACT <br /> <br />CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENT THAT COLORADO STATE INDIVIDUAL INCOME <br />TAX RETURN FORMS CONTAIN A LINE WHEREBY INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS MAY <br />MAKE A VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLORADO WATERSHED <br />PROTECTION FUND, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION IN CONNECTION <br />THEREWITH. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Article 22 oftitle 39, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION <br />OF A NEW PART to read: <br /> <br />PART 24 <br /> <br />COLORADO WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND <br /> <br />VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION <br /> <br />39-22-2401. Legislative declaration. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY FINDS AND <br />DECLARES THAT THE NATURAL HERITAGE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN COLORADO ARE <br />OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE, AND THE <br />PROTECTION OF THIS NATURAL HERITAGE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARE ESSENTIAL TO <br />SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br />FURTHER FINDS AND DECLARES THAT LOCALLY BASED WATERSHED GROUPS HAVE <br />EMERGED AROUND THE STATE OVER THE PAST DECADE THAT ARE COMMITTED TO <br />COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES TO THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF LANDS <br />AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN COLORADO'S WATERSHEDS IN CONCERT WITH <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES THAT THE <br /> <br />http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sI2002a/sI.281.htm <br /> <br />6/17/2002 <br />