BOARD00985

• Board Meeting Date: 2/5/1969
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

could establish pOlicy based on precedent be-
cause there would be no particular objections
to it. They might veer off in a totally
different direction than a water rights com-
mission elsewhere. Now how is this coordi-
nated or brought into uniformity or whatever
the word is I want to use. Larry?"

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MR. SPARKS:

"Fred. this was something that worried
us also. If we tried to create four sepa-
rate commissions or had four commissions
appointed locally or however we wanted to do
it. we could not see how we could get any
uniformity.

There can be only one law of the State
of Colorado and that is any law which is
passed by the legislature and signed by the
Governor. We only have one law. whether it
concerns water or anything else. Obviously
we can't fragment it into many parts. depend-
ing upon how anyone would like to interpret
it in any given area. The only way we could
see to insure any uniformity was to have some
agency which would have supervisory authority
over the commissions or boards or whatever
may be appointed. and which had the authority
to impose upon them uniform rules of proce-
dure and regulations. We have provided in
here that the commissions. if created. would
prepare jointly common rules of procedure.
subject to the approval of this state board
which represents the entire state. Only by
putting such commissions under the umbrella
of some agency can any uniformity be insured.
As a practical matter. you can't ever insure
complete uniformity or you can't legislate
against human nature. We will have varia-
tions. However, by placing the commissions
under this Board. which represents all of the
people of the state. we thought that some
uniformity could be obtained."

MR. KROEGER:

"The next question I'd like to ask Larry
is the size of these four commissions.

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