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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BETTER GOVERNMENT ACT <br /> <br />Article xvm of the Colorado Constitution, is amended BY THE ADDmON OF A NEW <br />SECITON to read: <br /> <br />Section IS, Closed basin project - termination of state participation _ <br />declaration of the people. WE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO DO <br />HEREBY FIND AND DETERMINE THAT THE "RECLAMATION PROJECf <br />AUTHORIZATION ACf OF 1972,"PUBLIC LAW 92-514, 86 STAT. 964 WHICH CREATED <br />THE SO-CALLED CLOSED BASIN PROJECT IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WAS ADOPTED <br />BY CONGRESS WITHOUT ADEQUATE INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO. <br />PUBLIC LAW 92-514 STATES THAT WATER PUMPED FROM UNDERGROUND <br />AQUlFERS IN THE SAN LUIS V ALLEY ARE TO BE USED TO, IN LIST OF PRIORITY, <br />HELP COLORADO MEET ITS RIO GRANDE RIVER COMP ACf REQUIREMENTS TO <br />TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO; PROVIDE WATER FOR WILDLIFE; AND PROVIDE WATER <br />FOR FARMERS, PROVIDED THAT THE FAR.t\1ERS PAY FOR THE WATER. WE THE <br />PEOPLE OF COLORADO FIND AND DETER.t\1INE THAT THE CLOSED BASli~ PROJECf <br />WAS NEVER NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE WATER TO MEET COLORADO'S WATER <br />COMPACf REQUIREMENTS AND FARJ.\1ERS IN THE SAN LUIS V ALLEY HAVE BEEN <br />USING CLOSED BASIN PROJECf WATER WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. THEREFORE, <br />WE THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO FIND, DETER..\1L'lE, A.1'ID DECLARE THAT COLORADO <br />OR A.1"N POLmCAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN MANAGING. <br />FUNDING, OR FINANCING THE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT AND URGES THE <br />FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TERMINATE THE CLOSED BASIN PROJECf AS SOON AS <br />POSSIBLE. <br />