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u~u~ drafts of the proposed bills. I understand that some additional revisions are still being considered and will be incorporated into the various bills before they are actually introduced into the legislative mill. On Monday we completed a rather hasty I analysis of the various bills: reproduced them all and mailed them out to the Board members and to the members of our advisory committee. I doubt that anyone received that package before this meeting. The entire pack- age consisted of about 200 pages of mimeo- graphed material. As part of that package we included a summary analysis of the eight different bills which have been proposed. In some cases we made some comment with reference to bills and in other cases we made no comment. We also attached a brief memorandum explain- ing what procedure we recommend that the Board follow with reference to the legisla- tion, which generally was along this line: In 1967 the Colorado General Assembly enacted a statute providing for a water study. Section 1 of the act provided that the Direc- tor of Natural Resources was directed to do two principal things: (1) To investigate relationships in the areas where intermingled surface and ground water are commonly used in conjunction with each other on the same lands and to determine the need and content for legislation which would provide for the inte- grated use of such water. The directions state that the legislation should provide for the integrated administration of all diversions and uses of water within the state: protect all vested rights: conserve water resources for maximum beneficial use: and permit full utilization of all waters in the state. This I was a large package. Point (2) of the bill provided that the Director of Natural Resources was to review existing water laws to determine their sufficiency and determine the need for any modifications.