BOARD00534

• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1998
• Description: 1998 Legislative Issues - Amendments to the Ground Water Management Act of 1965
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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a hearing concerning such act.

SECTION 12. 37-90-116 (1) (t), Colorado Revised Statutes, is

3 amended, and the said 37"90-116 (1) is further amended BY THE
4 ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH, to read:
5 37-90-116. Fees. (1) The state engineer or the commission shall
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7 (t) The actual expenses of publication, if any is required, which
8 sums shall be promptly billed to the applicant and paid prior to the
9 approval of any permit or other application, UNLESS THE COMMISSION
10 REQlJ1RES THE APPLICANT TO PAY THESE EXPENSES DIRECTLY TO THE
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11 NEWSPAPER, AND THE APPLICANT PROVIDES A PROOF OF SUCH PAYMENT
12 TO THE COMMISSION: EXCEPT THAT, WHEN A PUBLICATION IS MADE TO
13 PROCESS FINAL PERMITS PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-90-108, SUCH

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PUBLICATION EXPENSES SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE ENGINEER FROM THE

15 DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT CASH
16 FUND CRE.-'.TED PURSlA.'JT TO SECTION 37-80-111.5 (I) (d). All such

17 publication expenses collected by the state engineer or by the commission

18 shall be transmined to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the

19 ground water publication fund., which fund is hereby created. All moneys

20 In the ground \vater publication fund are hereby continuously

21 appropriated to the di" ision of water resources for the actual expenses of

22 publications. The moneys in the ground water publication fund shall not

23 be credited or transferred to the general fund or to any other fund of the
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25 (i) WITH.-'. REQlESTTO EXTEND THE EXPIRA TlON DATE ON A WELL

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F;::R~IlT, OTHER TH.4_" .-\ WELL PERMIT ISSUED PURSU.-\NT TO SECTION

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