BOARD02492

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

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(a) (I) As SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE

OF THIS ARTICLE, EACH BASIN ROUNDTABLE SHALL ESTABLISH BYLAWS,

OPERATING PROCEDURES, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES TO GOVERN THE

ACTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE APPLICABLE ROUNDTABLE. BASIN

ROUNDTABLES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE INTERBASIN

COMPACT COMMITfEE MAY OPT OUT OF THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN

TIllS ARTICLE AT ANY TIME.

(II) As DEEMED APPROPRiATE BY THE EXECUTNE DIRECTOR. THE

ROUNDTABLES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO TIllS SECTION MAY TAKE ON

TIlEDUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ROUNDTABLES CREATED PURSUANT TO

TIlE STATEWIDE W ATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE.

(b) SELECT TWO BASIN REPRESENTATIVES TO REPRESENT THE

VIEWS AND INTERESTS OF THE BASIN ON THE INTERBASIN COMPACT

COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-75-105. BASIN

REPRESENTATIVES NEED NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE BASIN ROUNDTABLE.

(c) USING DATA AND INFORMATION FROM THE STATEWIDE WATER

SUPPLY INITIATIVE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SOURCES AND IN

COOPERATION WITH THEON-GOING STATEWIDE WATER SUPPL YINITIATlVE,

DEVELOP A BASIN-WIDE CONSUMPTIVE AND NONCONSUMPTIVE WATER

SUPPLY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE

UNAPPROPRIATED WATERS WITHIN THE BASIN, AND PROPOSE PROJECTS OR

METHODS, BOTH STRUCTURALANDNONSTRUCTURAL, FOR MEETING THOSE

NEEDS AND UTILIZING THOSE UNAPPROPRIATED WATERS WHERE

APPROPRIATE. BASIN ROUNDTABLES SHAILACTIVEL YSEEK THE INPUT AND

ADVICE OF AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WATER PROVIDERS, AND

OTHER INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS AND PERSONS IN ESTABLISHING ITS

NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND SHALL PROPOSE PROJECTS OR METHODS FOR

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