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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. MC CANDLESS: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. MC CANDLESS: <br /> <br />MR. KUIPER: <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. MOSES: <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />..JL;"%/ <br /> <br />I'd like to ask. One is, where does this bill <br />stand now in th'e Legislature?" . <br /> <br />"As I understand, it has been reported out <br />of the Water Committee of the House of which <br />Representative Art Wyatt is the Chairman. It <br />went to the Rules Committee and then to the <br />House Appropriations Committee but it has to <br />go back to Rules before it comes back out on <br />the floor. So it is not on the floor but is <br />now being considered for appropriations." <br /> <br />"Well then, I'd like to ask Mr. Kuiper, <br />in the event this thing should pass would that <br />immediately stop our investigations? They <br />haven't come over into my district at all, <br />they haven't started investigation in my dis- <br />trict. Would that stop our investigations, <br />Len? It <br /> <br />"My presumption is that it would accelerate <br />the investigations, Ted, to the extent that we <br />could develop staff for it." <br /> <br />"That we'd go right ahead with the investi- <br />gation that is now underway on the west slope?" <br /> <br />"I would presume so, yes." <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman, I have a question concerning <br />the de fini tion of a basin." <br /> <br />"What is a major river?" <br /> <br />"For instance, to give an example, we now <br />have the Fruitland Mesa Project which we expect <br />to have before Congress this year and that is <br />a diversion from one basin to another basin." <br /> <br />"Pete, I think this bill has a lot of <br />trouble and I think we have every water lawyer <br />in Colorado here. Somebody must have drafted <br />this. Is there anybody who will speak up and <br />say they had a part in it? Well, I think we <br />are at a dilemma at this point that maybe the <br />Board ought to resolve. There are two theories, <br />as I understand it, of Boards such as this, that <br />