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<br />. <br /> <br />Second Regular Session <br />Sixty-third General Assembly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />PREAMENDED <br />Th~8 Unofficial Version Includes Committee <br />Amendments Not Yet Adopted on Second Reading <br />LLS NO. 02-0226.01 Thomas Morris SENATE BILL 02-148 <br /> <br />SENATE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Hillman, Thiebaut, and Entz <br /> <br />HOUSE SPONSORSHIP <br />Kester, Lawrence, Tapia, and Young <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Senate Committees <br />Agriculture and Natural Resources <br />Appropriations <br /> <br />House Committees <br /> <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />101 CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF LOCAL <br />102 GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL WATER <br />103 RIGHTS. <br /> <br />Bill Summary <br /> <br />(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does <br />not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently <br />adopted.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Prohibits a change of a water right from a use that is currently <br />primarily to produce agricultural products to a use in a municipal area <br />located in another county unless the water right is the subj ect of an <br />agreement or a decree containing terms and conditions designed to <br />address the impacts of the change of water right on the county from <br />which the use of the water right is being transferred. Allows the parties <br />to mediate disputes arising from negotiations to reach an agreement <br /> <br />~~:~~g~~~&.~~~Q~~~~~~~ Double underlining: denotes SENATE amendment. <br />Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. <br />Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. <br />