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<br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />24-32-2105.5. Water availability task force - drought condition recommendations - <br />legislative declaration - repeal. (I) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND COMMENDS THE <br />DEDICATION AND RESPONSIVENESS OF TIlE EXPERTS ON THE COLORADO WATER AVAILABILITY TASK FORCE ilia <br />TIlE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND TIlEiCOLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD FOR THEI. <br />WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSIN"Cl DROUGHT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS IN COLORADO. THE GENERAL <br />ASSEMBLY FURTHER RECOGNIZES TIlE IMPORTANCE AND ADVISABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE <br />LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WORKING IN COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS TIlE SERIOUS CONCERNS RAISED BY THE <br />EXTREME CONDITIONS CREATED BY DROUGHT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE. <br />(2) FOR TIlE REASONS SET FORTIl IN SUBSECTION (I) OF TIllS SECTION, THE GENERAL <br />ASSEMBLY HEREBY ENCOURAGES THE GOVERNOR TO DIRECT THE COLORADO WATER AVAILABILITY TASK FORCE <br />TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR DROUGHT CONDITIONS ANI! RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES AND TO FURTHER'DEVELOP <br />ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, AS INITIALLY PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR ON MAY 1, 2002, AND TO REPORT TO THE <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, ~002, REGARDING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, IF ANY, FOR <br />LEGISLATION ADDRESSING DROUGHT EMERGENCIES WHICH IT DEEMS ADVISABLE AND NECESSARY FOR THE <br />PROTECTION OFTRE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. <br />(3) THIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003. <br />SECTION 40 Part 2 of article 33 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE <br />ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: <br />24-33-203. State forester - authority to permit controUed burns during' drought <br />conditions. THE STATE FORESTER MAY PROVIDE w;RITTEN AUTHORITY TO PERSONS SEEKING TO CONDUCT <br />PRESCRJBED OR CONTROLLED FIRES, SUCH--AS GRASSLAND, FOREST, OR HABITAT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, <br />DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED IN SHerrON 13-21-105 (2), C.R.S. IN ISSUING WRlTIEN AUTHORITY <br />FOR PRESCRJBED OR CONTROLLED FIRES, TIlE STATE F4>RESTER SHALL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH AND SHALL NOT <br />SUPERSEDE ANY ST ATE OR LOCAL BANS ON FIRES. <br />SECTION 50 Effective date - appljcability. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall <br />apply to causes of action arising on or after said date. <br />. SECTION 60 Safety clause. The ge.neral assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that. <br />this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. <br /> <br />. <br />