BOARD02492

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

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(VI) (A) THREE NONVOTING MEMBERS SHALL BE SELECTED BY

THE ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS APPOINTED PURSUANTTO SUBPARAGRAPHS (I)

THROUGH (V) OF TIllS PARAGRAPH (a), WHO SHALL REPRESENT ENTITIES

OUTSIDE OF THE BASIN THAT OWN WATER RIGHTS WTIHIN THE BASIN.

MEMBERS APPOINTED PURSUANT TO TIllS SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) SHALL NOT

BE REQUIRED TO RESIDE WTIHIN THE BORDERS OF THE ROUNDTABLE.

(B) IF NO ONE OUALIFIES FOR SELECTION PURSUANT TO

SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF TIllS SUBPARAGRAPH (VI). THREENONVOTING

MEMBERS SHALL BE SELECTED FROM OUTSIDE THE BASIN WHO HA VB

INTERESTS IN AND ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WATER MATTERS.

(b) MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS: EXCEPT

THAT INITIAL TERMS SHALL BE STAGGERED PURSUANT TO EACH

ROUNDTABLE'S BYLAWS. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED PURSUANT TO THE

SAME CRITERIA AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT.

(c) THE MEMBER OF THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION

BOARD WHO RESIDES WTIHIN THE BORDERS OF THE BASIN ROUNDTABLE

SHALL ACT AS THE BOARD'S LWSON TO THE BASIN ROUNDTABLE AND TO

THE INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING

THE PROPER COORDINATION OF COLORADO WATERCONSERV ATIONBOARD

INFORMATION, POLICIES, AND RESOURCES. SUCH COORDINATION SHALL BE

SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE STAFF RESOURCES AS DETERMINED BY THE

DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD AND THE EXECUIlVE DIRECTOR OF THE

DEPAR1MENT OF NATIJRAL RESOURCES.

(5) A BASIN ROUNDTABLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A LOCAL

PUBLIC BODY FOR PURPOSES OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. PART 4 OF

ARTICLE 6 OF TITLE 24. C.R.S.

37~7S-10S. Interbasin compact committee - renort - repeal.

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