BOARD00476

• Board Meeting Date: 2/13/2001
• Description: Pending and Proposed Legislation - HB 01-1240, Legislative Review Committee
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Title 37, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE to read:
ARTICLE 98
Water Resources Legislation Review Committee
37-98-101. Legislative declaration. (1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE
IS TO PROVIDE A FORUM THROUGH WHICHTIIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL,
ON A CONTINUAL AND REGULAR BASIS, REVIEW TIIE ADMINISTRATION AND
MONITORING OF COLORADO'S WATER RESOURCES. THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES ITS MANDATE TO VIGOROUSLY PROTECT AND
DEFEND COLORADO'S FINITESUPPL Y OF WATER. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FURTHER RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WATER ISSUES RECEIVE
SUFFICIENT LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY AND PUBLIC INPUT:
(a) To MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT DERIVED FROM COLORADO'S
SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;
(b) To EVALUATE TIIE PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER NEEDS OFTIIE
STATE;
(C) To ENSURE EFFECTIVE WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION;
(d) To PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY; AND
(e) To ENSURE THAT COLORADO'S INTERSTATE WATER COMPACT
AGREEMENTS ARE MET AND, IN RELATION TIIERETO, THAT COLORADO'S
WATER RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED AGAINST UNWARRANTED CLAIMS.
37-98-102. Water resources legislation review committee -
creation. (1) FOR TIIEPURPOSES OF CONTRIBUTING TO AND MONITORING
THE CONSERVATION, USE, DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCING OF TIIE WATER
RESOURCES OF COLORADO FOR TIIE GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS

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