LEG00233

• Bill Number: HB03-1233
• Year: 2003
• Title: Water Basin Planning Councils
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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( c) COLORADO'S LIFESTYLE DEPENDS ON USING COLORADO'S
WATER RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY AND PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY; AND
(d) THE WATERS OF THE STATE ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE PUBLIC
AND ARE DEDICATED BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO THE USE OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION.
(2) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY DETERMINES THAT:
(a) IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO ADMINISTER THE
APPROPRIATION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FOR THE WISE AND EFFICIENT USE OF
WATER CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE CONSTITUTION;
(b) THE ST ATE HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT IMPACTS OF
WATER DEVELOPMENT ARE IDENTIFIED, MINIMIZED, AND ADEQUATELY
MITIGATED;
(c) COLORADO'S WATER POLICY CAN BEST BE FULFILLED BY
DEVELOPING PLANS FOR EACH RIVER BASIN; AND
(d) THE STATE, IN COORDINATION WITH ALL PARTIES HAVING AN
INTEREST IN THESE RESOURCES, HAS A ROLE IN THE PLANNING AND
FINANCING OF PROJECTS, FACILITIES, RESTORATION ACTIVITIES, AND
OTHER ACTIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT,
AND EFFICIENT UTILIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLORADO'S
SCARCE WATER RESOURCES.
(3) FURTHER, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE STATE
HAS A ROLE IN ENSURING THAT IMPACTS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT AND USE
ARE ADEQUATELY IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED AND THAT IMPEDIMENTS TO
THESE INITIATIVES ARE ADDRESSED.
37-60-202. Water basin policy planning councils. (1) WITHIN
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, EACH DIVISION

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