BOARD00951

• Board Meeting Date: 3/24/2003
• Description: State Legislative Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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INTERIOR; WITH THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE; AND
WITH AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT in the
management AND PREVENTION of forest fires. Such boards of county
commissioners are authorized to participate in the organization and
training of rural fire- fighting groups, in the payment for the operation and
maintenance of fire-fighting equipment, and in sharing the cost of
managing fires.
SECTION 8. 30-11-101 (I), Colorado Revised Statutes, IS
amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:
30-11-101. Powers of counties. (I) Each organized county
within the state shall be a body corporate and politic, and as such shall be
empowered for the following purposes:
(k) To COORDINATE, PURSUANT TO 43 U.S.C. SEC. 1712, THE
"NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969",42 U.S.c. SEC. 4321
ET SEQ., 40 U.S.c. SEe. 33J2, 16U.S.C. SEc..530, 1.6U.S.C. SEC. 1604,
AND40CFRpARTS 1500TO 1508, WITH THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR AND THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
TO DEVELOP LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT ADDRESS HAZARDOUS FUEL
REMOVAL AND OTHER FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WATER
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MEASURES, WATERSHED PROTECTION,
THE PROTECTION OF AIR QUALITY, PUBLIC UTILITIES PROTECTION, AND
PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION ON FEDERAL LANDS WITHIN SUCH
COUNTY'S JURISDICTION.
SECTION 9. 31-15- 10 1, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
31-15-101. Municipalities bodies politic - powers. (3) EACH
MUNICIPALITY MAY COORDINATE, PURSUANT TO 43 U.S.C. SEC. 1712, THE

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