HB 04-1365

• Title: HB041365 - Concerning Water Planning by Retail Water Providers
• Date: 8/2/2004
• Description: House Bill 04-1365
• Basin: Statewide
• Drought Mitigation - Doc Type: Legislation

conservation board construction fund,

(4) Repealed,

SECTION 3. 37-60-126, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to

read:

37 -60-126. Water conservation and drought mitigation planning
- programs - relationship to state assistance for water facilities -
guidelines. (1) As used in this section AND IN SECTION 37-60-126,5, unless
the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Covered entity" means each municipality, agency, utility,
including any privately owned utility, or other publicly owned entity with
a legal obligation to supply, distribute, or otherwise provide water at retail
to domestic, commercial, industrial, or public facility customers, and w 1,;...1,
THAT has a total demand for such customers of two thousand acre- feet or

more. in GiilGudiil )i GM 5 1989 61 thGI GiiftGI.

(b) "OFFICE" MEANS THE OFFICE OF WATER CONSERVATION AND
DROUGHT PLANNING CREATED IN SECTION 37 -60-124,

(c) "PLAN ELEMENTS" MEANS THOSE COMPONENTS OF WATER
CONSERVATION PLANS THAT ADDRESS WATER-SAVING MEASURES AND
PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW, WATER-SAVING GOALS, AND THE
ACTIONS A COVERED ENTITY SHALL TAKE TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT,
MONITOR, REVIEW, AND REVISE ITS WATER CONSERVATION PLAN,

W (d) "Public facility" means any facility operated by an
instrument of government for the benefit of the public, including, but not
limited to, a government building, park or otherrecreationalfacility, school,
college, university, or other educational institution, highway, hospital, or
stadium,

(e) "W ATER CONSERVATION" MEANS WATER USE EFFICIENCY, WISE
WATER USE, WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM EFFICIENCY,
AND SUPPLY SUBSTITUTION, THE OBJECTIVE OF WATER CONSERVATION IS A
LONG- TERM INCREASE IN THE PRODUCTIVE USE OF WATER SUPPLY IN ORDER
TO SATISFYW ATERSUPPL YNEEDS wrrnOUTCOMPROMISING DESIRED WATER
SERVICES,

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