BOARD02340

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/1999
• Description: 1999 Colorado Legislative Activities - HB 99-1050 - Process and Funding for Development of Water Projects
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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PARTIES WITH AN INTEREST IN THESE RESOURCES, HAS A ROLE IN THE
PLANNING AND FINANCING OF PROJECTS, FACJLITlES, RESTORATION
ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE THE PROTECTION,
ENHANCEMENT, AND EFFICIENT UI1LIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF
COLORADO'S SCARCE WATER RESOURCES. FURTHER, THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE STATE, AS TO INITIATIVES
IDENTIFIED UNDER THlS PART 2, HAS A ROLE IN ENSURING THAT IMPACTS
ARE ADEQUATELY IDENTIFIED AND MlTIGATED AND THAT IMPEDIMENTS TO
THESE INmATIVES ARE ADDRESSED.

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37-60-202. Local water needs identification. (1) THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND THE DMSION OF WATER
RESOURCES, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIJRAL RESOURCES, SHALL
PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, IN COOPERATION WITH
EXISTING PLANNING EFFORTS, IF AN'f, IN THE ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL,
VOLUNTARY BASIN PLANNING GROUPS ESTABLISHED TO IDENTIFY THE
PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER NEEDS, BOTH CONSUMPTIVE AND
NONCONSUMPTIVE, WlTIIIN THE PLANNING GROUP'S LOCAL RIVER BASIN.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RlVER BASIN" SHALL REFER TO THE
SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES WITHIN THE NAnrRAL
DRAINAGE OF THE ARKANSAS, NORTH PLATTE, SOUTH PLAnE, RIo
GRANDE, DOLORES, SAN JUAN, GUNNISON, MAlNSTEM OF THE COLORADO,
Y AMPA, AND WHITE RlVER BASINS WITHIN COLORADO. THESE LOCAL
PLANNING GROUPS SHOULD INCLUDE ALL INTERESTED PARITIES, AND MAY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL
WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRlCTS, WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,
AGRICUL ruRAL INTERESTS, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, WATER UTILITIES,

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