Colorado Water Conservation Handbook

• Year: 2004
• Title: CWCB Board Member Handbook
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Handbook containing phone numbers, addresses, statutes, rules, policies, straegic plans and Board member work plans.
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

or political subdivision thereof for the construction,
operation, or maintenance of flood control and
prevention facilities;
(k) In general, to take such action and have such powers
as are incidental to the foregoing specific provisions and
to the general purposes of this article;
(1) To enter into contracts as provided in sections 37-60-
ill to 37-60- 122 for the construction of conservation
projects which, as authorized by the general assembly
under procedures set forth in section 37-60-122, will
conserve and utilize for the best advantage of the people
of this state the water and power resources of the state,
including projects beyond the boundaries of the state of
Colorado located on interstate waters when the benefit
of such project accrues to the citizens of the state of
Colorado, upon application under such rules and
regulations as the board shall establish;
(m) To file applications in the name of the department
of natural resources for the appropriation of water;
(n) To take all action necessary to acquire or perfect
water rights for projects sponsored by the board;
(0) To sell or otherwise dispose of property owned by
the board, in the name of the state of Colorado, as a
result of expenditures from the Colorado water
conservation board construction fund in such manner as
to be most advantageous to the state. Proceeds from
such sale or disposal shall accrue to the Colorado water
conservation board construction fund and shall not
revert to the general fund at the close of any fiscal year.
(p) To make grants pursuant to the provisions of section
37-60-122.2 (2) for fish and wildlife resources;
(q) To make a mitigation recommendation pursuant to
the provisions of section 37 -60-122.2 (1) constituting
the official position of the state of Colorado regarding
mitigation to maintain a balance between the
development of the state's water resources and the
protection of the state's fish and wildlife resources;
(r) To foster the conservation of the water of the state of
Colorado by the promotion and implementation of
sound measures to enhance water use efficiency in order
to serve all the water needs of the state, to assure the
availability of adequate supplies for future uses, and to
assure that necessary water services are provided at a
reasonable cost;
(s) (I) To recommend water infrastructure projects, as
defined in section 37-60-202 (3), to the governor in
accordance with section 37-60-203 and to issue water
infrastructure revenue bonds in accordance with the
provisions of part 2 of this article.
(II) This paragraph (s) is repealed, effective upon the
rejection by the registered electors of the state voting on
the question of the ballot question submitted pursuant to
section 37-60-203 (1) (a).
(t) To enter into one or more agreements with the
Colorado water resources and power development
authority and any other entities to assist in the
development of the water resources of the state.
(2) The board may coordinate with the United States
secretary of the interior and the United States secretary
of agriculture to develop plans that conserve and

develop water resources consistent with this article for
federal lands pursuant to 16 U.S.C. sec. 530, 16 U.S.c.
sec. 1604, and 43 U.S.c. sec. 1712.

37-60-106.5. Study of water salvage. (Repealed)

37-60-107. Meetings - notice. The board may provide
for the holding of regular meetings and may hold a
special meeting at any time and place in the state upon
the call of the chairman or vice-chairman or of any two
voting members. Notice of all special meetings shall be
given by telegram at least forty-eight hours, or by
registered mail at least four days, before any special
meeting. Six voting members shall constitute a quorum,
and the affirmative or negative vote of at least six voting
members is necessary to bind the board. Any business
may be transacted at a special meeting which could be
transacted at a regular meeting.

37-60-108. Seal- rules and regulations. The board shall
adopt a seal, and all documents to be executed by the
board shall be under such seal, signed by the chairman
or vice-chairman and attested by the secretary. From
time to time, the board may adopt suitable rules and
regulations as are necessary or expedient for the conduct
of its business and the administration of this article.

37-60-109. Commissioner. (1) The governor from time
to time, with the approval of the board, shall appoint a
commissioner, who shall represent the state of Colorado
upon joint commissions to be composed of
commissioners representing the state of Colorado and
another state or other states for the purpose of
negotiating and entering into compacts or agreements
between said states, with the consent of the congress
when necessary, ascertaining and declaring the
authority, interest, or right of the several signatory
states, or any of them, over, in, and to interstate waters,
all to the end that such waters may be used and disposed
of by the several states and their respective citizens in
accordance with an equitable apportionment or division
thereof made between the signatory states by the terms
of the compact or agreement; except that any compact
or agreement so entered into on behalf of said states
shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of said
states or the citizens thereof until the same has 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 furnish 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

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