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T C W 21 C ST HE OLORADO ATER FOR THE ENTURY I C C NTERBASIN OMPACT OMMITTEE C HARTER I. P REAMBLE The Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act creates a voluntary, collaborative process to help the state address its water challenges. The process is based upon th e premise that Colorad o ans can work together to address the water needs within the state. The Act sets up a framework that provides a permanent forum for broad - based water discussions. It creates nine Basin Roundtables and the Interbasin Compact Committe e (IBCC), a statewide committee that will guide discussions and voluntary negotiations between basins . The IBCC is mandated to: 1) Establish bylaws to govern its actions, 2) Establish and refer to the general assembly an interbasin compact charter that shall govern and guide all negotiations between Basin Roundtable s, 3) Submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the status of compact negotiations, and 4) Develop a public education, participation, and outreach working group. HB 05 - 1177 sta tes that the IBCC Charter should contain a negotiating framework and foundational principles to guide voluntary negotiations between Basin Roundtable s, including present and future consumptive and nonconsumptive water uses and such policies as may be neces sary to ensure that compac ts or other agreements between R oundtables do not conflict or otherwise not conform with one another. II. F L P OUNDATIONAL EGAL RINCIPLES The following foundational legal principles are drawn from the text of the legislation. 1. The current system of allocating water within Colorado shall not be superseded, abrogated, or otherwise impaired by this article. 2. Nothing in HB 05 - 1177 shall be interpreted to repeal or in any manner amend the existing water rights adjudication system. IBCC Charter Page 1 of 10