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HBOO 1419 AS ENACTED: SECTION 12. EI Paso county water master plan - appropriation. (1) The Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to participate in a cooperative water supply planning investigation and master plan of the rural EI Paso county area. The purposes of the investigation will be to effectively identify the current and future development of water resources, systems, and facilities benefitting the residents of EI Paso county. The scope of work for the master plan shall be developed by the EI Paso county water authority in consultation with EI Paso county and the Colorado water conservation board. (2) In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any Ch. 360 Water and Irrigation moneys in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Colorado water conservation board for allocation to the EI Paso county water authority, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to prepare an EI Paso county water master plan. (3) The moneys appropriated in subsection (2) of this section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed. PROPOSED REVISION: (1) The Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to participate in a cooperative water supply planning investigation and master plan of the rural EI Paso county area. The purposes of the investigation will be to effectively identify the current and future development of water resources, systems, and facilities benefitting the residents of EI Paso county. The scope of work for the master plan shall be developed by the EI Paso county water authority in consultation with EI Paso county and the Colorado water conservation board. The Colorado Water Conservation Board is further authorized to participate in a cooperative studv and investiqation of transit losses on Fountain and Monument Creeks to be conducted bv the US Geoloqical Survev and development of a transit loss model to be used in administerinq water deliveries that maximize beneficial use of the water resources of EI Paso countv. (2) In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any Ch. 360 Water and Irrigation moneys in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Colorado water conservation board for allocation to the EI Paso county water authority, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes set forth in subsection (1). te FlreFl8r-8 8ti ~I Pass S8~tity v:ater FA8ster Fllati. (3) The moneys appropriated in subsection (2) of this section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.