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FOREWORD During the special session which followed the flood disasters of last June, the General Assembly directed the Legislative Council to conduct "a study of the ways and means the State of Colorado should follow in prepairing on a permanent. basis to meet disasters of all types," with a report thereon to be submitted to the Second Flegular Session of the Forty-fifth General Assembly. The members of the com- mittee created by the Council to carry out t.his assignment included; Representative Kenneth Monfort, Chairman Senator Anthony F. Vollack, Vice Chairman Senator John R. Bermingham Senator Roger Cisneros Senator Vincent Massari Senator Wilson Rockwell Representative Lowell B. Compton Representative Jdseph Gollob Representative Bill Gossard Representative Harrie E. Hart Representative Tom Jordan Representative Gerald Kopel Representative C. P. Lamb Representative Betty Miller Senator Floyd Oliver, chairman of the Legislative Council, also served as an ex officio member of the commit.tee. The Legislative Council's Committee on Disasters held a series of meetings with state, local, and federal officials, as well as individual citizens, to obtain information on the June flood dis- asters -- in Denver on July 23, August 23, September 9, and October 13, and in Lamar on August 4. The assistance provided the committee and the staff by these officials and other interested individuals is gratefully acknowledged. Phillip E. Jones, senior research analyst for the Legislative Council, had the primary respon!,ibility for the research work con- nected with the committee's study, aided by Roger M. Weber, research assistant. Miss Clair T. Sippel, Secretary of the Legislative Refer- ence Office, provided the bill drafting services for the committee. November 23, 1965 Lyle C. Kyle Director vii