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<br />OJ2837 <br /> <br />House Bill 1034, C.R.S. 29-20-101, et seq., 1974, is the "Local Government <br />Land Use Control Enab1in9 Act." The act gives authority to local government <br />to plan and regulate the use of land within their jurisdiction including <br />regulating development and activities in hazardous areas. The act then allows <br />geologic hazards to be used as a basis for land-use decisions. No <br />requirements or procedures were prescribed for adopting local land-use plans, <br />however, the only intent being, to grant land-use regulatory authority to <br />local governments. <br /> <br />Senate Bill 13, C.R.S. 6-6.5-101, 1984. relates to geologic hazards in <br />requlrlng all residential developers to analyze and disclose any potentially <br />hazardous conditions to prospective homebuyers. Since the state does not <br />review or require disclosure statements, enforcement is difficult other than <br />by the threat of litigation for not disclosing known hazardous conditions. <br /> <br />House Bill 1574, C.R.S. 34-1-101, et seq.. 1973, requires that all geologic <br />reports required by law must be prepared by a "professional geologist". Since <br />there is no formal registration procedure for geologists in Colorado, the law <br />defines a professional geologist as a person who is a graduate of any <br />institution of higher education which is accredited by a regional or national <br />accrediting agency with a minimum of 30 semester hours of undergraduate or <br />graduate work in the field of geology. The law also requires that <br />baccalaureate training must be in the field of geology with an additional 5 <br />years of geologic experience, including no more than 2 years of graduate <br />work. Other than these qualifications, the selection of a geologist to <br />prepare geologic reports is left to the discretion of the agency or person <br />that is contracting the work. <br /> <br />FloOdplain Management <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board in the Department of Natural Resources <br />is the principal state agency responsible for water resource planning and <br />development. A role in floodplain management has evolved over many years <br />starting with flood control as an economically justifiable benefit of <br />reservoir construction. Major flood legislation has been enacted in the <br />following bills: <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />House Bill 1007, 1966 - State approval and designation of storm <br />runoff channels and basins, <br />Senate Bill 35, 1972 - Subdivision regulations including delineations <br />of 100-year floodplains, <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />O~ <br />