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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHILDREN'S EDUATIONAL TRUST FUND ACT <br /> <br />Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />Amend article XVI of the Colorado Constitution BY THE ADDmON OF A NEW <br />SECTION to read: <br /> <br />Section 9. Closed Basin Project . reimbursement to state school trust - <br />people's declaration. (1) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO DO HEREBY <br />FIND AND DECLARE THAT THE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY <br />CREATED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS INPL 92-514 HAS NOT BEEN <br />OPERATED AS INTENDED BY CONGRESS. THE PEOPLE ALSO FIND AND DETERMINE <br />THAT THE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT HAS BEEN OPERA TED FOR THE BENEFIT OF <br />THE FEW AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE STATE. <br /> <br />. (2) THE RIO GRANDE WATER CONSERV A nON DISTRICT SHALL PAY TO <br />THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND CREATED IN ARTICLE IX OF THIS CONSTITUTION FOR <br />THE WATER USED IN THE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT WHICH HAS BEEN OR IS BEING <br />PUMPED FROM AQUIFERS SITUATED BELOW SCHOOL TRUST LANDS AND WATER <br />RIGHTS ADJUDICATED PURSUANT TO WATER DECREE W-3088 IN WATER DIVISION <br />THREE. THE AMOUNT THE DISTRICT SHALL PAY SHALL BE TIllRTY DOLLARS PER <br />ACRE FOOT OF WATER WHICH WATER REQUIRED TO MEET THE YEARLY <br />REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN PL 92-514. <br /> <br />(3) IN ADDmON TO THE PAYMENT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND, THE <br />DISTRICT SHALL PAY TEN DOLLARS PER ACRE FOOT OF WATER WHICH HAS BEEN <br />