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OF,CO0 � <br /> 1_ ? o <br /> Jg76 <br /> G a ; \ NORTON STATE'ATE' OF COLORADO STATI: SERVICES BUILDING <br /> \Lto :• Grr-:el W Sherrtun Swu - 51 Flue, <br /> l)F,E'AlZTN1ENT OF LAW Denver, Colorado 80M3 <br /> SrLPHL:` K. ERKENBRACK Phone (303) 866-4500 <br /> Chit'Derutn attorney General OFFICE OF-ntr ATTORNEY GENERAL FAX (303) 866-5691 <br /> Tnuann N1. T%'mKo,,,ICti <br /> July 18 , 1994 <br /> Jir Holden <br /> 303 East 17th Avenue <br /> Suite 930 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> PP: Distribution of 11y" Idat Ion ; undo; in Mid-Continent Resour- <br /> ces , inc . <br /> Dear Jim: <br /> As you are well aware, funds for reclamation are now available <br /> through the sale of the roc-klu st plant . The issue of how the <br /> funds will be distributed to accomplish reclamation of the site <br /> is now at hand. State law indicates that the funds from the <br /> liquidation plan to jwr! -vr-. r-c l ar it ion are public funds and that <br /> therefore state procure tent and expenditure laws apply. <br /> Tho Procurement Coda In ArplIcablt, ' .t "publicly funded" contracts <br /> entered into by ali yuvwi n::,•_ntai nualc ui the executive branch <br /> of this state. ; 2 ; - 11` : - : 1" , C. P • . . : ` ` ` ) The Division of <br /> anj Goul"l ". . Aition of <br /> .. , l !,,, ,. „ . t, ( 1938) . The <br /> ne.-.. "Cuntract" A state agreement, re- <br /> gard l ess 01 what it in , : '. ! • in ;troc.urement or disposal of <br /> ,unrl ins , snrvico' or n" t: , P4-101-103 (4 ) , C. R. S. <br /> ( 1 9 8 ) . "procurement " . . t : I iYo as buying, purchasing , <br /> renting , Ieasing , or of 11-: .. , : In 1 :supplies , services , or <br /> construction . § 24- 101 - 1 " : . . , ( 1088) . <br /> The Facts 0f the Mid-(4 :.t : .p !j ct l 1 within these applicable <br /> de: initions contained 1 " : h- only possible issue is <br /> whether these are public lunds . !A— code does not define the <br /> term "publicly funded . " However , the applicable !acts establish <br /> that the funds from the 1 iquid,at ron plan are public funds. <br /> The reclamation of a min- rt •• a r :.ono tor the health and safety <br /> of the public. The Coiuradu surfow" Coal Mining Reclamation Act <br /> provides that the purpose of the act, among other things, is to <br /> EXHIBIT D <br />