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CO Code § 37-80-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-112. Report of State Engineer

 The state engineer shall report to the executive director of the department of natural resources at such times and on such matters concerning the state engineer's office and the division of water resources as the executive director may require.   History. Source: L. 1889: P. 374, § 11. R.S. 08: § 3331. C.L. § 1814. CSA: C. 90, § 215. CRS 53: § 147-11-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-14. L. 64: P. 178, § 157. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 144, § 10, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 1889: P. 374, § 11. R.S. 08: § 3331. C.L. § 1814. CSA: C. 90, § 215. CRS 53: § 147-11-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-14. L. 64: P. 178, § 157. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 144, § 10, effective August 9.    Cross references:   For publication of reports and statistics concerning water development and supply, see § 37-60-117 .   ANNOTATION   The objects of the requirement of this section are plain; first, to inform the executive and general assembly in regard to the department; second, to allow the governor to recommend legislation, should the law be found defective, or suggest necessary legislation if recommended by the officer. Henderson v. Collier & C. Lithographing Co., 2 Colo. App. 251, 30 P. 40 (1892).   When the report has been made as required by law, and the state engineer has performed all the functions required, and subsequent action is taken to print a large number of copies for gratuitous distribution, the right to contract the debt can be predicated upon this section. Henderson v. Collier & C. Lithographing Co., 2 Colo. App. 251, 30 P. 40 (1892).
CO Code § 37-80-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-113. State Engineer - Qualifications - Salary - Conflict of Interest

  The state personnel director shall require that the state engineer is a person qualified to be a registered engineer in Colorado having the background of knowledge and experience in areas essential to the proper discharge of his duties and functions.    The salary of the state engineer shall be fixed, within the authority granted by section 13 of article XII of the state constitution at a grade requiring compensation adequate to attract and hold in regular employment a person qualified to carry out the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the office, and shall be paid out of general funds of the state as the salaries of the executive officers of the state are paid.    If the state engineer has any personal interest in any matter coming before his office for decision, he shall immediately notify the governor in writing, delineating that interest, and the governor has authority to designate some appropriate person to carry out the functions of the state engineer regarding such matters and to cause such person to be paid a reasonable amount for his services. Personal interest does not mean those matters which members of the public generally may have with respect to any given subject.     History. Source: L. 27: P. 648, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 202. CRS 53: § 147-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-2. L. 69: P. 1192, § 1. History. Source: L. 27: P. 648, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 202. CRS 53: § 147-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-2. L. 69: P. 1192, § 1.    Cross references:   For the state personnel system, see § 13 of art. XII, Colo. Const., and article 50 of title 24; for compensation of state engineer for county boundary surveys, see § 30-6-111 .   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Plans and Studies: The Recent Quest for a Utopia in the Utilization of Colorado's Water Resources“, which discusses the role of the state engineer's office historically in state water planning, see 55 U. Colo. L. Rev. 391 (1984).
CO Code § 37-80-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-114. Deputy State Engineer - Powers

  The state engineer shall appoint a deputy state engineer, subject to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, whose duties are to assist the state engineer in the administration of the state engineer's office. The deputy state engineer has the power to act for the state engineer in all of the state engineer's official duties, including the administration of interstate river compacts, when the state engineer is out of the office or when the state engineer so directs the deputy state engineer.    The salary of the deputy state engineer shall be paid as the salaries of the officers of the executive department of the state are paid. The deputy state engineer shall also receive reimbursement for the actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties, as the state engineer shall allot from funds appropriated for that purpose. The controller is authorized to pay warrants for the deputy state engineer's salary and expenses upon vouchers approved by the state engineer.    (Deleted by amendment, L. 2017.)     History. Source: L. 43: P. 374, §§ 1-3. CSA: C. 90, § 207(1). CRS 53: § 147-11-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-7. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 144, § 11, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 43: P. 374, §§ 1-3. CSA: C. 90, § 207(1). CRS 53: § 147-11-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-7. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 144, § 11, effective August 9.    Cross references:   For the state personnel system, see § 13 of art. XII, Colo. Const., and article 50 of title 24.
CO Code § 37-80-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-115. Performance of Personnel - Duties

  The state engineer shall furnish such directions and require such performance with respect to the work of those under his jurisdiction as will insure continuous, efficient, and effective discharge of the functions of the division of water resources.    It is the duty of the state engineer to call to the attention of the state personnel director any conduct or failure of conduct of any employee in the division of water resources which would merit discharge or discipline beyond the authority of the state engineer, and, if necessary, he shall file formal charges with respect to such matters.    Default in performance of his duties by the state engineer may be made the subject of charges by the executive director of the department of natural resources or the governor.    Effective administration being essential to good government, it is the duty of the state personnel board to promptly hear, determine, and take action necessary to make effective the provisions of this section whenever the occasion may rise, and such board may, of its own motion, undertake whatever action may be necessary to insure efficient and honorable conduct on the part of employees within the division of water resources.     History. Source: L. 69: R&RE, p. 1194, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-4. History. Source: L. 69: R&RE, p. 1194, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-4.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Plans and Studies: The Recent Quest for a Utopia in the Utilization of Colorado's Water Resources“, which discusses the role of the state engineer's office historically in state water planning, see 55 U. Colo. L. Rev. 391 (1984).
CO Code § 37-80-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-116. Legal Services Authorized

     The attorney general shall assign an assistant from his or her office to act as an advisor to the state engineer and to the various employees of the state who are subject to the administrative authority of the state engineer. The state engineer shall use the services of the assistant to whatever extent the performance of his or her duties can be facilitated by legal consultation.    To whatever extent additional legal services are required, they must be procured at the request of the state engineer, but the cost of their services must be paid for out of funds budgeted to the state engineer for professional services, and in preparing budgets the state engineer shall anticipate his or her probable requirements for such additional assistants. All such assistants are selected by and serve at the pleasure of the attorney general and may include attorneys employed for special areas of the state or for the performance of specific duties on a fee rather than salary basis.       The state engineer and the various division engineers may call on the assistant attorney general assigned to the state engineer, or any additional assistants who may be employed, to furnish services customarily furnished by lawyers.     History. Source: L. 69: R&RE, p. 1196, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-13. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1094), ch. 94, p. 269, § 21, effective August 10. History. Source: L. 69: R&RE, p. 1196, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-13. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1094), ch. 94, p. 269, § 21, effective August 10.
CO Code § 37-80-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-117. Regulation of Water for Measurements

 Whenever it is necessary for any duly authorized hydrographer from the office of the state engineer, or any hydrographer duly authorized by the state engineer or division engineer or water commissioner, or for any water official to make a rating of any weir or flume or measuring section of any canal, the owners, superintendent, or persons having charge and control of the diversion of water into said canal shall increase and decrease the flow of water into said canal as may be ordered and required by the person making such measurements in order that accurate ratings may be taken of the water flowing in said canal at different depths and gauge heights. Any person refusing so to regulate the flow of water into said canal for such purpose is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for the second and succeeding offenses.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 481, § 5. C.L. § 1822. CSA: C. 90, § 223. CRS 53: § 147-11-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-21. History. Source: L. 21: P. 481, § 5. C.L. § 1822. CSA: C. 90, § 223. CRS 53: § 147-11-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-21.
CO Code § 37-80-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-118. False Reports of Gauge Heights

 Any headgate keeper, owner, employee, or other person having charge of any automatic self-registering device installed and operated pursuant to order of the state engineer or a division engineer or compiling gauge height records pursuant to order of the state engineer or division engineer, or any gauge height observer at any river station in this state, installed, maintained, and operated for the purpose of recording the amount of water flowing in said stream, or any reservoir keeper having charge of the keeping of gauge height records on weirs on intakes or outlets of reservoirs who makes false or fictitious reports of gauge heights or who alters, changes, or falsifies any gauge height record or report or who alters or modifies the record made by any automatic self-registering device is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation of the provisions of this section.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 480, § 3. C.L. § 1820. CSA: C. 90, § 221. CRS 53: § 147-11-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-19. L. 69: P. 1223, § 18. History. Source: L. 21: P. 480, § 3. C.L. § 1820. CSA: C. 90, § 221. CRS 53: § 147-11-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-19. L. 69: P. 1223, § 18.
CO Code § 37-80-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-119. Interference With Recording Instruments

 It is unlawful for any person who does not have charge of any weir, headgate, automatic self-registering device, or other measuring recording device or any canal or reservoir intake or outlet, who does not have authority to install, repair, maintain, or operate any such device or to inspect the same from the owners thereof or from the water officials of the state of Colorado, or who represents any other canal diverting water from the same stream to interfere with or seek to examine or regulate any such instrument or device or structure. Any person who willfully injures or destroys any automatic self-registering device, gauge, or other instrument installed upon any canal or weir for the measuring and recording of the water depths upon such weir, who tampers with or falsifies any record made or being made by any such instrument or device, or who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for the second and succeeding offenses.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 480, § 4. C.L. § 1821. CSA: C. 90, § 222. CRS 53: § 147-11-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-20. History. Source: L. 21: P. 480, § 4. C.L. § 1821. CSA: C. 90, § 222. CRS 53: § 147-11-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-20.
CO Code § 37-80-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80 - State Engineer|§ 37-80-123. Lease, Loan, or Trade of Agricultural Water Protection Water Right - Rules - Definition

     As soon as practicable, the state engineer shall initiate the promulgation of rules governing the review of a substitute water supply plan pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12). In promulgating the rules, the state engineer shall follow the state engineer's own rule-making procedures.    The rules must include:   Terms and conditions that the state engineer may impose through an approved substitute water supply plan pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12);    Criteria that the state engineer should consider in reviewing a substitute water supply plan application filed pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12);    Criteria to ensure that substitute water supply plans approved pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12) do not facilitate the diversion of water between water divisions by direct diversion, exchange, replacement, or other means;    Procedures by which the state engineer may reconsider a decision; and    Procedures for creating a database that tracks and inventories substitute water supply plans approved under section 37-92-308 (12) and for making the following information from the database accessible to the public:   The amount of water subject to each approved plan;    The location of use of water under each approved plan; and    The decreed beneficial use of water leased, loaned, or traded in connection with each approved plan.          The water judge for water division 1 shall review the rules promulgated under this section in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 37-92-501 (2)(g), (3)(a), and (3)(b).       As used in this section, ”agricultural water protection water right“ has the same meaning as in section 37-92-305 (19)(a).     History. Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1228), ch. 175, p. 599, § 2, effective August 10.
CO Code § 37-80.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80.5 - River Water Bank Pilot Program|§ 37-80.5-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the ”Arkansas River Pilot Water Banking Act“.   History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1060, § 1, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-80.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80.5 - River Water Bank Pilot Program|§ 37-80.5-102. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the purpose of this article is to authorize the creation of water banks within each water division to be operated under strict parameters established by rules approved by the water court. Accordingly, this article provides for the promulgation of rules concerning water banks and requires the water court to approve the rules and the state engineer to report to the general assembly regarding the operation of the banks. The water bank program created by this article is intended to simplify and improve the approval of water leases, loans, and exchanges, including interruptible supply agreements, of stored water within each river basin, reduce the costs associated with such transactions, and increase the availability of water-related information. It is also the purpose of the water banks to assist farmers and ranchers by developing a mechanism to realize the value of their water rights assets without forcing the permanent severance of those water rights from the land. The general assembly affirms the state constitution's recognition of water rights as a private usufructuary property right, and this article is not intended to restrict the ability of the holder of a water right to sell, lease, or exchange that water right in any other manner that is currently permitted under Colorado law. Further, this article is not intended to be implemented in any way that would cause material injury to the owner of or persons entitled to use water under a vested water right or a decreed conditional water right, nor to repeal or in any manner amend the existing water rights adjudication system except as may be specifically set forth in this article.   History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1060, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2391, § 1, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-80.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80.5 - River Water Bank Pilot Program|§ 37-80.5-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    ”Bank“ means a water bank operated pursuant to rules promulgated under this article.    ”Program“ means a water bank program created in this article.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1061, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2392, § 2, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-80.5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80.5 - River Water Bank Pilot Program|§ 37-80.5-105. Review of Rules

 Judicial review of all rules promulgated pursuant to this article shall be in accordance with the ”State Administrative Procedure Act“, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.; except that venue for such review shall lie exclusively with the appropriate water judge for each water division.   History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1063, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2394, § 5, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-80.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 80.5 - River Water Bank Pilot Program|§ 37-80.5-106. Report

  The state engineer shall submit a report to the general assembly and the governor on or before November 1, 2005, regarding:   The effectiveness of the program;    Existing statutory, regulatory, or contractual constraints on the successful use of water banking within Colorado;    Institutional constraints upon the successful use of water banking within Colorado;    Interstate compact constraints upon the successful use of water banking within Colorado;    Social or economic constraints upon the successful use of water banking within Colorado; and    Any recommended limitations upon the use of water banks within Colorado, with specific reference to the time, place, or type of use of waters made available under such recommended limitations and the length of agreements implementing the same.        History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1063, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 2394, § 6, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-81-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 81 - Diversion of Waters From State|§ 37-81-102. Officials Charged With Enforcement

 It is the duty of the state engineer, the division engineers, and the water commissioners of this state to see that the waters of the state are available for the use and benefit of the citizens and inhabitants of the state for its growth, prosperity, and general welfare, and it is the further duty of said officials to prevent the waters thereof from being diverted, carried, conveyed, or transported by ditches, canals, pipes, conduits, natural streams, watercourses, or other means into other states for use therein unless there is specific authorization therefor, as provided in section 37-81-101 . Upon its being brought to the knowledge of the state engineer of Colorado that any person, corporation, or association is unlawfully carrying or transporting any of such waters into any other state for use therein, or is intending so to do, it is his duty to immediately call the matter to the attention of the attorney general, in behalf of and in the name of the state, who shall apply to any district court or to the supreme court of the state of Colorado for such restraining orders or injunctions, both preliminary and final, as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section and section 37-81-101 , and jurisdiction is conferred upon said courts for such purposes.   History. Source: L. 17: P. 539, § 2. C.L. § 1619. CSA: C. 90, § 2. CRS 53: § 147-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-1-2. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1365, § 2, effective May 31. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1411, § 2, effective June 3. History. Source: L. 17: P. 539, § 2. C.L. § 1619. CSA: C. 90, § 2. CRS 53: § 147-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-1-2. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1365, § 2, effective May 31. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1411, § 2, effective June 3.    Cross references:   For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202 .   ANNOTATION   Water officials, charged with the duty of protecting and enforcing the rights of appropriators guaranteed by the constitution, statutes, and court decrees of Colorado, cannot plead, as excusing the discharge of that duty, a compact between states, which compact invades those rights without questioning the power of the state to grant them originally. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. v. Hinderlider, 93 Colo. 128 , 25 P.2d 187 (1933).   The general assembly, in order to protect the rights of the state in our natural streams and their waters, and the interests which its citizens have acquired thereunder, may make a valid appropriation of money for the purpose of protecting and defending them. Stockman v. Leddy, 55 Colo. 24 , 129 P. 220 (1912) (case decided prior to earliest source of this section).