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no state shall deny the right of another signatory state, any person, or entity of any signatory state to acquire rights
<br />to the use of water, or to construct or participate in the construction and use of diversion works and storage reservoirs
<br />with appurtenant works, canals and conduits in one state for the purpose of diverting, conveying, storing, regulating
<br />and releasing water to satisfy the provisions of the Colorado river compact relating to the obligation of the states of the
<br />upper division to make deliveries of water at Lee ferry, or for the purpose of diverting, conveying, storing or regulating
<br />water in an upper signatory state for consumptive use in a lower signatory state, when such use is within the
<br />apportionment to such lower state made by this compact. Such rights shall be subject to the rights of water users, in a
<br />state in which such reservoir or works are located, to receive and use water, the use of which is within the
<br />apportionment to such state by this compact.
<br />(b) Any signatory state, any person or any entity of any signatory state shall have the right to acquire such property
<br />rights as are necessary to the use of water in conformity with this compact in any other signatory state by donation,
<br />purchase or through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Any signatory state, upon the written request of the
<br />governor of any other signatory state, for the benefit of whose water users property is to be acquired in the state to
<br />which such written request is made, shall proceed expeditiously to acquire the desired property either by purchase at a
<br />price satisfactory to the requesting state, or, if such purchase cannot be made, then through the exercise of its power of
<br />eminent domain and shall convey such property to the requesting state or such entity as may be designated by the
<br />requesting state; provided, that all costs of acquisition and expenses of every kind and nature whatsoever incurred in
<br />obtaining the requested property shall be paid by the requesting state at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
<br />state requested to acquire the property.
<br />(c) Should any facility be constructed in a signatory state by and for the benefit of another signatory state or states
<br />or the water users thereof, as above provided, the construction, repair, replacement, maintenance and operation of such
<br />facility shall be subject to the laws of the state in which the facility is located, except that, in the case of a reservoir
<br />constructed in one state for the benefit of another state or states, the water administration officials of the state in which
<br />the facility is located shall permit the storage and release of any water which, as determined by findings of the
<br />commission, falls within the apportionment of the state or states for whose benefit the facility is constructed. In the case
<br />of a regulating reservoir for the joint benefit of all states in making Lee ferry deliveries, the water administration
<br />officials of the state in which the facility is located, in permitting the storage and release of water, shall comply with the
<br />findings and orders of the commission.
<br />(d) In the event property is acquired by a signatory state in another signatory state for the use and benefit of the
<br />former, the users of water made available by such facilities, as a condition precedent to the use thereof, shall pay to the
<br />political subdivisions of the state in which such works are located, each and every year during which such rights are
<br />enjoyed for such purposes, a sum of money equivalent to the average annual amount of taxes levied and assessed
<br />against the land and improvements thereon during the ten years preceding the acquisition of such land. Said payments
<br />shall be in full reimbursement for the loss of taxes in such political subdivisions of the state, and in lieu of any and all
<br />taxes on said property, improvements and rights. The signatory states recommend to the President and the congress
<br />that, in the event the United States of America shall acquire property in one of the signatory states for the benefit of
<br />another signatory state, or its water users, provision be made for like payment in reimbursement of loss of taxes.
<br />Article X
<br />(a) The signatory states recognize La Plata river compact entered into between the states of Colorado and New
<br />Mexico, dated November 27, 1922, approved by the congress on January 29, 1925 (43 Stat. 796), and this compact
<br />shall not affect the apportionment therein made.
<br />(b) All consumptive use of water of La Plata river and its tributaries shall be charged under the apportionment of
<br />article III hereof to the state in which the use is made; provided, that consumptive use incident to the diversion,
<br />impounding or conveyance of water in one state for use in the other shall be charged to the latter state.
<br />Article XI
<br />Subject to the provisions of this compact, the consumptive use of the water of the Little Snake river and its
<br />tributaries is hereby apportioned between the states of Colorado and Wyoming in such quantities as shall result from
<br />the application of the following principles and procedures:
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