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<br />ragt; 1 VI..J <br /> <br />CHAPTER 215 <br /> <br />WATER AND IRRIGATION <br /> <br />HOUSE BILL 01-1240 <br /> <br />BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hoppe, Cloer, Coleman, Crane, Dean, Decker, Hodge, Kester, Paschall, <br />Rippy, Spradley, Stengel, Swenson, Weddig, and Young; <br /> <br />also SENATOR(S) Entz, Andrews, Arnold, Cairns, Dyer (Arapahoe), Dyer (Durango), Fitz-Gerald, <br />Hanna, Lamborn, Musgrave, Perlmutter, Taylor, and Teck. <br /> <br />AN ACT <br /> <br />CONCERNING THE CREATION OF THE WATER RESOURCES LEGISLATION REVIEW <br />COMMITTEE. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Title 37, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW <br />ARTICLE to read: <br /> <br />ARTICLE 98 <br /> <br />Water Resources Legislatiou Review Committee <br /> <br />37-98-101. Legislative declaration. (I) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS, DETERMINES, <br />AND DECLARES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO PROVIDE AN INTERIM <br />COMMITTEE AS A FORUM THROUGH WHICH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL REVIEW <br />THE ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING OF COLORADO'S WATER RESOURCES. THE <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES ITS MANDATE TO VIGOROUSLY PROTECT AND <br />DEFEND COLORADO'S FINITE SUPPLY OF WATER. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER <br />RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WATER ISSUES RECEIVE SUFFICIENT <br />LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY AND PUBLIC INPUT: <br /> <br />(a) TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT DERIVED FROM COLORADO'S SURFACE WATER <br />AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; <br /> <br />(b) TO EVALUATE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE WATER NEEDS OF THE STATE; <br /> <br />(c) TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION; <br /> <br />http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sI200l/s1.2l5.HTM <br /> <br />12/19/200 I <br />