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<br />'1 <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />,) <br />......,. <br /> <br />~13 <br /> <br />BETTER GOVERNMENT ACT <br /> <br />Article xvm of the Colorado Constitution, is amended BY THE ADDmON OF A NEW <br />SECTION to read: <br /> <br />Section 15, Closed basin project - termination of state participation - <br /> <br />declaration of the people. WE THE PEOPLE OF lEE ST ATE OF COLORADO DO <br />HEREBY FIND AND DETERMINETIiATTHE "RECLAMATION PROJEcr <br />AUlHORIZATION AcrOF 1972," PUBLIC LAW 92-514, 86 STAT. 964 WInCH CREATED <br />THE SO-CALLED CLOSED BASIN PROJEcr IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WAS ADOPTED <br />BY CONGRESS WITHOUT ADEQUATE INPUT FROM lEE PEOPLE OF COLORADO. <br />PUBLIC LAW 92-514 STATES lEA T WATER PUMPED FROM UNDERGROUND <br />AQUIFERS IN THE SAN LUIS V ALLEY ARE TO BE USED TO, IN LIST OF PRIORITY, <br />HELP COLORADO MEET ITS RIO GRANDE RNER COMPAcr REQUIREMENTS TO <br />TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO; PROVIDE WATER FOR WILDLIFE; AND PROVIDE WATER <br />FOR FARMERS, PROVIDED lEA T THE FARMERS PAY FOR THE WATER. WE THE <br />PEOPLE OF COLORADO FIND AND DETERMINE TIiA T THE CLOSED BASIN PROJEcr <br />WAS NEVER NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE WATER TOMEETCOLORADQ'S WATER ' <br />COMPAcr REQUIREMENTS AND FARMERS IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY HAVE BEEN <br />USING CLOSED BASIN PROJEer WATER WIlEOUT PA YINGFOR IT, lEEREFORE, <br />WE THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO FIND, DETERMINE, AND DECLARE TIiA T COLORADO <br />OR ANY POLmCAL SUBDMSION THEREOF WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN MANAGING, <br />FUNDING, OR FINANCING lEE CLOSED BASIN PROJECT AND URGES THE <br />FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TERMINATE THE CLOSED BASIN PROJEcr AS SOON AS <br />POSSIBLE. <br /> <br />r'. ,- _ <br />t J ~ ~_ ~ J <br />