BOARD00992

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/2003
• Description: State and Federal Legislative Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27

in th;:: be~t intEI(,~t of thE ~to!ttE and the. .. MEI tl~W; in tI,e ~tME to

inl,! ~e.ne, and

(II) Th.: a:ppIopIiation~ to thE depatlni,nt oftaw ate. nladeqnaoc.
fcr the. attorney sen,!a:l to COlhpktc litigation ofthc law~nit.
(c ) Any interest earned on the moneys in the litigation fund shall
be credited on an annual basis to the COIOI ado ~ aleI eon~eI, ation boat d
con~t:I11,tion LITIGATION fund created in ~nb~(.ctiM (1) e.f tbis section
PARAGRAPH (a) OF THIS SuBSECTION (2.5).
(d) The board, in conjunction with the attorney general, shall
report annually to the senate agriculture, and natural resources AND
ENERGY committee and the house of representatives agriculture, livestock,
and natural resources committee on any litigation OR OTHER ACTIVITY that
involves the use of any moneys from the litigation fund created in
paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5).
(e) Any moneys remaining in the litigation fund at such time as
the general assembly acts to close the fund shall be credited to the
Colorado water conservation board construction fund created in
subsection (1) of this section.
(f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 690, ~ 27, effective May
30,2001.)
(3) (b) :ro THE BOARD MAY accept, allocate, expend, and
otherwise use contributions and donations of money, property, or
equipment from any source to cany out the purposes of this article and
section 37-92-102 (3). Such contributions are hereby c~ntinuously
appropriated to the board for the purposes established by this section.
'(6) As oOuly 1, 1988, and July 1 of each year thereafter through
July 1, 1996, fifty percent of the sum specified in this subsection (6) shall

-15-

SB03-11 0