BOARD00854

• Board Meeting Date: 1/15/1941
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

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including the acticn of the Board taken at the present meeting, the
Direotor- prepare a bill oovering the .subjeotand submit the llameto the state
legislature on or before February 15, 1941.

After- disoussion the motion was passed by the vote of all members
present exoept that of J. M. Dille who dissented to the fo~ of the motion.

Silmon Smith, and Frank C. Merriell, Seoretary of the Colorado
River Conservation Distriot, to whom was referred a proposed amendment to
Section 13 (b) (Cons ervanoy Distriot Lalli) brought in a recommendation with
respeot to the lang;uage of such an amendment.

After disoussion of this language it was moved. by Mr. Stone and
seoonded by Mr. Smith that the Colorado Water ConserVll..t;ion Board approves an
amendment to Section 13 (b) of the Aot entitled "An Act to provide for the
Organization of Water Conservanoy Distriots and to Define the Purposes and
Powers Thereof~, passed in 1937, and amended in 1931, to provide for the
elimination of that portion of Section 13 (b), after "Provided However" and
the insertion in lieu thereof in the following languagel

"PrOvided, however, that any projeot development providing
for the exportation of water from any river subjeot to the
Colorado River Compaot and the Boulder Canyon Projeot Aot by
any district or organization organized or to be organized
under this Aot, shall be subjeot to the provisions of the
Colorado River Compaot and the Boulder Canyon Projeot Aot,
as amended by the Boulder Canyon Projeot Adjustment Ao-t, and
shall be designed, oonstructed. and operated in such a manner
that the present and prospeotive development within the natural
basin from whioh the water is exported will be proteoted without
cost to the water users within the natural basin from whioh the
water is exported."

Disoussion of the motion followed with a motion by Mr. Hinderlider
and seoonded by Mr. Stone that the word "river"' where it appears in the seoond
line of the suggested amendment be ohanged. to the word ~stre8mlt~

The question was upon the amendment and art'er disoussion, a'.yote
was taken upon the amendment whioh was deolared UIl~imously 'adopted.

Thereupon the question was on the motion as amended whioh reads
as follows I

"That the Colorado Water Conservation Board approves the ,
amendment of Section 13 (b) of Cons~ Law;"il\l.llsed"!n
1937 to provide for the elimination of thlit portion of Seotion
13 (b) after "Provided however, n and in insertion in lieu
thereof the following language I .