BOARD01726

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

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COLORADANS, TO REMOVE CAUSES OF PRESENT AND FUTURE
CONTROVERSIES, TO SUPPORT COLORADO'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND
RURAL CULTURE, TO PROTECT COLORADO'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, TO
SUPPLY COLORADO'S GROWING POPULATIONS, TO CUL TIV ATE THE STATE'S
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER THE BENEFICIAL USE OF THE
STATE'S COMPACT ENTITLEMENTS, IT IS FURTHER DECLARED TO BE THE
POLICY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TIiA T RIVER BASINS AND SUB-BASINS
SHOULD NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE EQUITABLE USE OF THE
STATE'S WATERS, INCLUDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO MITIGATEW ATER
TRANSFERS. THIS ARTICLE CREATES THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
WITHIN wmCH SUCH AGREEMENTS CAN BE NEGOTIATED.
37-75-103. Director of compact negotiations. (1) WITHIN SIXTY
DAYS AFfER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF TillS ARTICLE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
APPOINT A DIRECTOR OF COMPACT NEGOTIATIONS, WHO SHALL ACT AS THE
PRIMARY OVERSEER AND CARETAKER OF THE COMPACT NEGOTIATIONS
PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ARTICLE.
(2) THE DIRECTOR OF COMPACT NEGOTIATIONS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING RESPONSIBILITIES:
(a) PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO APPLICABLE LOCAL
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT BASIN ROUNDTABLES
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-75-104;
(b) SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE INTERBASIN COMPACT
COMMITTEE AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERBASIN COMPACT
COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 37-75-lOS;
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(c) ENSURE TIiAT NEGOTIATIONS AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE
OCCURRING AT AN APPROPRIATE PACE;

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