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<br />1784 <br /> <br />Water and Irrigation <br /> <br />Ch.431 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, CHAPTER 431 <br /> <br />WATER AND IRRIGATION <br /> <br />WATER RIGIIT DETERMINATION AND ADMINISTRATION _ GENERAL <br /> <br />SENATE BILL NO. ..t... BY SENATORS Vost. Anderson, Carl'., D. Sandoval. Soash, and Fowler; <br />al5D REPRESENTATIVES Spano, Younalund. Hinman. Shoemaker. Boley, Winkler, Bledsoe, Gillis, Ullpop, Paulson. and <br />Reeves. <br /> <br />AN ACT <br /> <br />CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND LIMITATIONS' WHICH <br />GOVERN APPROPRIATIONS OF WATER MADE BY THE COLORADO WATER <br />CONSERVATION BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE NATURAL <br />ENVIRONMENT TO A REASONABLE DEGREE PURSUANT TO SECIlON 37-92-102 <br />(3). COLORADO REVISED STATUTES 1973. <br /> <br />&. it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />Section I. 37-92-102 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, is amended to <br />read: <br /> <br />37-92-102. Legislative declaration. (3) Further recognizing the need to <br />correlate the activities of mankind with some reasonable preservation of the <br />natural environment. the Colorado water conservation board.is hereby'vested <br />with the authority, on behalf of the people of the state of Colorado, to appro- <br />priate in a manner consistent with sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the <br />state constitution, or acquire, such waters of natural streams and lakes as <br />may be required to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree. <br />Prior to the initiation of any such appropriation, the board shall request <br />recommendations from the division of wildlife and the division of parks and <br />outdoor recreation. Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing <br />any state agency to acquire water by eminent domain, or to deprive the <br />people of the state of Colorado of the beneficial use of those waters available <br />,by law and interstate compact. ANY APPROPRIATION MADE PUR- <br />SUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (3) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOL- <br />LOWING PRINCIPLES AND LIMITATIONS: <br /> <br />(a) ANY SUCH APPROPRIATION WHICH IS BASED UPON WATER <br />IMPORTED FROM ONE WATER DIVISION TO ANOTHER BY SOME <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes: da.fhes rhrollg/r words indicate <br />deletions from existing statutes and such miJterial not part of act. <br />