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<br /> <br />OrnliJ8 <br /> <br />Proposed Initiative on ~.A.r.E.R. <br />The title as designated and fi%ed by the Board is as follovs: <br /> <br />, <br />"'. <br /> <br />AN AlltNDKENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE PREFERENCE FOR <br />THOSE USING iATER FOR DOKESTIC PURPOSES SO THAT SUCH USERS PREVAIL ONLY OVER <br />THOSE USING iATE1t FOR MANUFACTURING PuRPOSES, RATHER THAN OVER THOSE CLAIMING FOR <br />ANY OTHER PlJRI'OSE, AND TO REQUIRE APPROVAL BY A MAJORITY OF THE STATUTORILY <br />. QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF iATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS OR iArER CONSERVArION DISTRICTS <br />MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED, OF FINAL CONDITIONAL YATER RIGHT DECREES ENTERED ON AND <br />AFTER JANUARY 1, 1995, TRANSFERRING iA'l'E1t FOR USE OUTSIDE OF SUCH DISTRICTS WEN <br />SUCH A TRANSFER. REllOVES iATERS FROll A RIVER BASIN SUBJECT TO AN INTERSTATE RIVER <br />BASIN COMPACT OR WEN SAID TRANSFER IS OFFICIALLY CONTESTED BY SUCH A DISTRICT. <br /> <br />~/ <br /> <br />-." <br />J.," <br />~:l:':. <br /> <br />:1- . <br />~_:~(' <br />" <br />r~ <br />r: <br />I" <br />!"; <br />, <br />~> <br /> <br />The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fi%ed by the Board is <br />as follovs: <br /> <br />'i" <br /> <br />SHALL THERE BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE <br />PREFERENCE FOR. THOSE USING iATER FOR DOKESTIC PlJRI'OSES SO THAT SUCH USERS PREVAIL <br />ONLY OVER THOSE USING iATER FOR MANUFACTUR.ING PlJRI'OSES, RATHER THAN OVER THOSE <br />CLAIMING FOR ANY OTHER ?lJRI'OSE, AND TO REQUIRE APPROVAL, BY A MAJORITY OF THE <br />STATUTORILY QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF YATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS OR iATER <br />CONSERVATION DISTRICTS 1I0ST DIRECTLY AFFECTED, OF FINAL CONDITIONAL iATER RIGHT <br />DECREES ENTERED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1995, TRANSFERRING iArER FOR USE OUTSIDE <br />OF SUCH DISTRICTS WEN SUCH A TRANSm RElIOVES iATERS FROM A RIVER BASIN SUBJECT <br />TO AN INTERSl'ATE RIVER BASIN COMPACT OR 'ilIEN SAID TRANSFER IS OFFIC!ALLY <br />CONTESTED BY SUCH A DISTRICT? <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />'; <br /> <br />:'~ <br /> <br />Tbe summary as prepared by the Board is as follovs: <br /> <br />This measure amends Article XVI, Section 6 of the Colorado Constitution to <br />change the preference for those using vater for domestic purposes so that such <br />users prevail only over those using vater for manufacturing purposes, rather than <br />over those claiming for any other purpose. <br /> <br />The measure vould require the approval by a majority of the statutorily <br />qualified electors of vater conservancy districts or vater conservation districts <br />most directly affected voting at a general election of final conditional vater <br />right decrees entered on and after January 1, 1995, transferring vater for use <br />outside of such districts, vhen such a transfer removes vaters from a river basin <br />subject to an interstate river basin compact or vhen ~uch transfer is officially <br />contested by such a district. <br /> <br />". <br />;'':- <br /> <br />The measure specifies that the election requirement does not apply to <br />conditional vater right decrees vhich become final prior to January 1, 1995. It <br />specifies that a conditional decree becomes final if not appealed and vhen the <br />tilDe for filing an appeal e%pires or upon the Colorado Supreme Court affirming <br />a conditional dec=ee. It authori:es the vater court to dete~ine vhicn vater <br />conservancy or vater conservation district is the most directly affected by a <br />vater transfer based on the location of tne population and acreage affected, and <br />places of potential ~ater and economic loss, or a combinat~on of these factors. <br />It specif~es that a dist=ict officialLy contests intra-basin :=ans:e=s only vhen <br />