BOARD01726

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: Current State Legislative Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

First Regular Session
Sixty-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO

INTRODUCED

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LLS NO. 05-0545.01 Thomas Morris

HOUSE BILL 05-1177

HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Penry, Buescher, Decker, Liston, Massey, and White

SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Isgar, Tapia, Taylor, Entz, Grossman, and Kester

House Committees
Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural
Resources

Senate Committees

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A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATION OF INTERBASIN COMPACTS
102 REGARDING THE EQUITABLE DIVISION OF THE STATE'S WATERS.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)

Creates a 25-member interbasin compact committee ("committee")
to negotiate interbasin compacts to promote the equitable use of the
state's waters. Authorizes the basin roundtables, initially created pursuant
to the statewide water supply initiative, to select 18 members of the
committee and authorizes the governor to appoint 6 at-large members and
one director. Requires the governor's appointments to the committee to

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CapiJalletters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.