LEG00235

• Bill Number: SB73-097
• Year: 1973
• Title: Concerning the Appropriation of Water and Providing for the Appropriation of Water by the State of Colorado to Protect the Natural Environment
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

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(10) "Priority" me::ms the seniority by date as of which a
"ater right is entitled to dive:!'t USE or conditional water right
will be entitled to dive:!'t USE and the relative seniority of a
W:1ter right or a conditional water right in relation to other
!~ter rights and conditional water rights deriving ~leir supply
from a c~on source.

SECTION 2. 148-21-2, Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 (1969
Supp.), is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:

148-21-2. Declaration of policy. (3) Further recognizing
the need to correlate the actJ.vuies of mankind with some
reasonable preservation of the 'natural environnlent, the Colorado
!~ter conservation board is hereby vested wi~1 the authority, on
behalf of the people of the state of Colorado, to appropriate in
a manner consistent with sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the
state constitution, or acquire, such waters of natural streams
and lakes as may be required to preserve the natural environment
to a reasonable degree. Prior to the initiation of any such
appropriation, the board shall request recorranendations from the
division of wildlife and the division of parks and outdoor
recreation. Nothing in this article shall be. construed as
authorizing any'state agency to acquire water by eminent 'domain,
or to deprive. the people of the state of Colorado of the
beneficial use of those waters available by law and interstate
compact.

SECTION 3. 148-21-18 '(1) (d), Colorado Revised Statutes
1963 (1971 Supp.), is amended to read:

148-21-18; ;'. lications for !;ater
rights - nlans for augmentatJ.on.
applJ.caclon shall be twenty-five dollars;
statement of opposition, the fee shall be fifteen dollars. If
more than one water right is requested in any application, a fee
of five dollars for each additional right shall be assessed. NO
FEE SHALL BE ASSESSED TO TIlE STATE OF COLORADO OR ftNY AGENCY OF
ITS EXECUTIVE DEPAR1HENT UNDER TIUS SUBSECTION (1).

SECTION 4. Effective date. This act shall take effect July
1, 1973.

SECTION 5. Safety clause.

The general

assembly hereby

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