PUB00026

• Year: 1968
• Title: Water Conservation Agencies of The State of Colorado
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Applicable State statutes and summary information about each water conservation district in the State of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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agreement: provided, that any compact or agreement so entered
into on behalf of said states shall not be binding or obliga-
tory upon any of said states or the citizens thereof unless
and until, the same shall have been ratified and approved by
the legislatures of all of said signatory states, and by the
congress of the united States when necessary.

(2) The board shall furnis~l such commissioners with such
legal, engineering, clerical, and other assistants as the
board may deem advisable and necessary, all legal assistants
to be employed with the consent of the attorney general. Such
commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at
a compensation to be fixed by him. The compensation of the
legal, engineering and other assistants of said commissioners
shall be fixed by the board and all such compensation and
necessary traveling expenses of such commissioners and their
assistants shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for
carrying out the purposes of this article. (1937).

149-1-10. Board to co-operate with attorney qeneral. - The
board shall co-operate with the attorney general in all matters
relating to interstate suits concerning the waters of the
rivers of the state: and shall arrange for the gathering and
compilation of all information, factual, engineering or other
data requisite or desirable for the use of the attorney gen-
eral in the conduct of such suits. (1937).

149-1-11. Duties of the board. - (1) It shall be the duty
of the board to promote the conservation of the waters of the
state of Colorado in order to secure the greatest utilization
of such waters and the utmost prevention of floods: and in
particular, and without limiting the general character of this
section, the board shall have power and it shall be its duty:

(2) To foster and encourage irrigation districts, public
irrigation districts, water users' associations, conservancy
districts, drainage districts, mutual reservoir companies,
mutual irrigation companies, grazing districts, and any other
agencies Which may be formed under the laws of the state of
Colorado, or of the United States, for the conservation,
development and utilization of the waters of Colorado.

(3) To assist any such agencies in their financing, but
not to lend or pledge the credit or faith of the state of
Colorado in aid thereof, or to attempt to make the state
responsible for any of the debts, contracts, obligations, or
liabilities thereof. (1937).