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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND ACT II <br /> <br />Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />Amend article XVI of the Colorado Constitution BY TIlE ADDmON OF A NEW <br />SECTION to read: <br /> <br />Section 9. Closed Basin Project - reimbursement to state school trust _ <br /> <br />people's declaration. (I) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO DO HEREBY <br />FIND AND DECLARE TIlA T TIlE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY <br />CREATED BY TIlE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN PL 92-514 HAS NOT BEEN <br />OPERATED AS INTENDED BY CONGRESS. TIlE PEOPLE ALSO FIND AND DETERMINE . <br />TIlA T TIlE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT HAS BEEN OPERA TED FOR THE BENEFIT OF <br />TIlE FEW AT TIlE EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE STATE. <br /> <br />(2) THE RIO GRANDE WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT SHALL PAY TO <br />TIlE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND CREATED IN ARTICLE IX OF TIllS CONSTITUTION FOR <br />TIlE WATER USED IN TIlE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT WHICH HAS BEEN OR IS BEING <br />PUMPED FROM AQUIFERS SITUATED BELOW SCHOOL TRUST LANDS OR INCOME <br />FUND LANDS AND WATER RIGHTS ADJUDJCA TED PURSUANT TO WATER DECREE <br />W-3088 IN WATER DIVISION THREE. THE AMOUNT THE DISTRICT SHALL PAY <br />SHALL BE TIlIRTY DOLLARS PER ACRE FOOT OF WATER WHICH WATER REQUIRED <br />TO MEET THE YEARLY REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN PL 92-514. <br /> <br />(3) IN ADDmON TO TIlE PAYMENT TO TIlE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND, THE <br />DISTRICT SHALL PA Y TEN DOLLARS PER ACRE FOOT OF WATER WHICH HAS BEEN <br />