BOARD02492

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2005
• Description: Status of Legislation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN TIllS ARTICLE.

(2) 'iHE DIRECTOR OF COMPACT NI:;ljUllAllUN:S :SHALL HAVE IHh

FOLLOWING RESPONSffiILITIES:

(a) PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO APPLICABLE LOCAL

STAKEHOLDERS IN TIIE FORMATION OF PERMANENT BASIN ROUNDTABLES

ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-75-104; =

(b) OVERSEE AND DIRECT THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEYS

APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE: AND

~ SERVE AS TIIE CHAIRPERSON OF TIIE INTERBASIN COMPACT

COMMITIEE AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENT ATIONOFTIIEINTERBASIN COMPACT

COMMITIEE'S RESPONSffiILITIES CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 37-75-105,

INCLUDING THE TIMELY COMPLETION AND REFERRAL OF TIIE INTERBASIN

COMPACT CHARTER.

37-75-104. Basin roundtables, (1) ~ To FACILITATE

CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITHIN AND BETWEEN BASINS ON WATER

MANAGEMENT ISSUES, AND TO ENCOURAGE LOCALLY DRIVEN

COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO W ATERSUPPL Y CHALLENGES, PERMANENT

BASIN ROUNDT ABLES ARE HEREBY CREATED IN COLORADO'S EIGHTW ATER

BASINS AND IN A DEMOGRAPIDCALL Y UNIQUE SUBREGION WITHIN WATER

DMSION 1 AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (3) OF TIllS SECTION.

(b) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TIIE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE

PROPER INTEGRATION AND NONDUPLlCATION OF ACTIVITIES OCCURRING

PURSUANT TO THE STATEWIDE WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE AND TIllS

ARTICLE.

(2) EACH BASIN ROUNDTABLE SHALL HAVE TIIE FOLLOWING

POWERS AND RESPONSffiILITIES:

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