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<br />174 <br /> <br />Mr. Ereitenstein commented that "for the first two or <br />three years, Board will need a lawyer." <br /> <br />Mr. Saunders referred to Section 14 of the Bill. <br />Rules and Regulations and asked whether under that could this <br />Board fmx a requirement that the well drillers should pay <br />two ccmts a foot to cover expenses of this Board in carrJinG out <br />the Act?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Hinkley replied that it could not; first thing is <br />your Rules and Regulations can only. apply in organized districts, <br />so therefore you would have no authority to make rules and regu- <br />lations to cover drilling of all wells. Sec. 3 (a) Scope of Act <br /> <br />reads: <br /> <br />All wells which are hereafter drilled, redrilled, recased or <br />deepened shall be drilled, redrilled, recased or deepened <br />in conformity wi th t.he provisions of this act, the rules and <br />regulations of the State Board and the orders of the State <br />Board; provided, however, that the Rules and Regulations to be <br />formulated under this Act shall not apply to the drilling, . <br />redrilling, recasing, or deepening of a well or wells that are' <br />not located within a district or which do not produce over <br />three (3) gallons of water per ~inute; and provided, further <br />that any flolving well, now in existence shall cone under <br />Section 11 of this Act. <br /> <br />The Board would be going beyond the prov1s10ns of the Act <br />itself as to what fees should be, it sets up what should be charged. <br /> <br />Mr. Saunders and Mr. Hinkley discussed. the Bill as to <br />costs of license, fees, etc. <br /> <br />Mr. Breitenstein said, "Thursday and Friday of last week <br />I met with the Southeastern Colo~ado Bar Association, men from all <br />roads, sections from the State Line to the mountains. To mlf utter <br />amazement; the one subject, concerning them most was the regulation of <br />underground water. The Board has a very, "hot" subject here, because <br />of failure to appropriate any money for it. The Bill is now in effect <br />and everybody drilling a well is violating the law. En~irely <br />appropriate for the Board to meet with the Governor and the Attorney <br />General since we haven't any money; the legislature did.only Fart of a <br />job. Told legislature if they passed any bills they would have to <br />appropriate some money, so I think the thing to do is for the Director, <br />or a Committee, meet with the Governor and the Attorney General and <br />get their advice at least as to what ought to be done. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Hinkley said, "Figure out a temporary settlement and <br />try and get some money. Might be possible 'the Governor might be <br />willing to set a sum aside out of his contingent fund." <br />