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<br />"'" . ,.... <br /> <br />NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signature ofthe appropriate legislative <br />officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill 2002 <br />or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative <br />. history, or the Session Laws. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />---/' -- <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />------"'--'~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />SENATE BILL 02-156 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BY SENATOR(S) Gordon, Entz, Fitz~Gerald, Hagedorn, Hernandez, <br />Linkhart, Nichol, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Tate, Tupa, and Windels; <br />also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Smith, Bacon, Berry, Borodkin, Boyd, <br />Chavez, Coleman, Daniel, Grossman, Hodge, Mace, Madden, Plant, <br />Ragsdale, Romanoff, Saliman, Sanchez, Stengel, Tochtrop, Veiga, Weddig, <br />and WilliamsS, <br /> <br />CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZATION OF CHANGES OF ABSOLUTE WATER <br />RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INSTREAM USE. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. The introductory portion to 37-92-102 (3), Colorado <br />Revised Statutes, is amended to read: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />37-92-102. Legislative declaration - basic tenets of Colorado <br />water law, (3) Further recognizing the need to correlate the activities of <br />mankind with some reasonable preservation of the natural environment, the <br />Colorado water conservation board is hereby vested with the exclusive <br />authority, on behalf of the people of the state of Colorado, to appropriate <br />in a manner consistent with sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the state <br />constitution, such waters of natural streams and lakes as the board <br />deterinines may be required for minimum stream flows or for natural <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate <br />deletions from existing statutes and such material not part of act, <br />