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CO Code § 37-60-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-124. Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning - Creation - Powers and Duties

  There is hereby created as an office under the Colorado water conservation board the office of water conservation and drought planning. The office shall have such staff as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties established for the office.    The office of water conservation and drought planning shall promote water conservation and drought mitigation planning by performing, to the degree feasible, duties including, but not limited to, the following:   Participating as a member or chairperson of any state water availability task forces established to monitor, forecast, mitigate, or prepare for drought;    Acting as a repository for water conservation and drought mitigation planning information;    Disseminating water conservation, drought mitigation planning, and related information to water providers and the general public;    Providing technical assistance to and working with municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other water providers and state agencies as they plan for, evaluate, and implement water conservation plans and programs, drought mitigation plans, or both;    Coordination of the planning for and assistance in the implementation of water conservation plans by state agencies pursuant to section 37-96-103 (4);    Administration of financial assistance for water conservation and drought mitigation planning and implementation measures and programs; and    Evaluating water conservation and drought mitigation plans related to the use of such plans by water providers to address water needs and to prepare for water-related emergencies based upon policies and guidelines adopted by the board pursuant to section 37-60-126.       The personal services, operating, travel and subsistence, capital, and legal services expenses of administering the office of water conservation and drought planning and the programs and activities authorized by subsection (2) of this section may be paid from such moneys as are appropriated, allocated, or otherwise credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 2023, § 4, effective June 4. L. 99: (4) repealed, p. 25, § 1, effective March 5. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1778, § 2, effective August 4.    Cross references:    In 1991, this entire section was added by the ”Water Conservation Act of 1991“. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 328, Session Laws of Colorado 1991.    For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 373, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
CO Code § 37-60-124.4 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-124.4. Stream Gauge Fund - Created

 There is hereby created in the state treasury the stream gauge fund, referred to in this section as the ”gauge fund“. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the gauge fund. The moneys in the gauge fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board for stream gaging and data collection efforts related to instream flow monitoring, compact protection, decision support systems, and flood forecasting and analysis. In addition to any remaining balance in the gauge fund at the end of any fiscal year, the board is hereby authorized, from the water conservation board construction fund, to annually provide up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in order to restore the unencumbered balance in the gauge fund to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. All interest derived from the investment of moneys in the gauge fund shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. The board shall review the purposes of the gauge fund annually and is hereby authorized to cease providing moneys in the following year if, in its discretion, the board determines that the purposes for which the gauge fund was established have ceased. The board may set terms and conditions as it deems appropriate concerning the annual expenditures of moneys from the gauge fund.   History. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1513, § 4, effective May 31.
CO Code § 37-60-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-125. Authorizations for Expenditures From Colorado Water Conservation Board Construction Fund for Demonstration of Benefits of Water Efficiency

  The Colorado water conservation board is hereby authorized to expend five hundred thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, notwithstanding the requirements of sections 37-60-119 to 37-60-122, for the purpose of a pilot program demonstrating the benefits of water efficiency measures by providing incentive grants, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars to any public agency, established under Colorado law, that requests assistance in the design and implementation of pilot water efficiency and conservation measures.    The board is further authorized to expend eighty thousand dollars and 1.5 FTE for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, for personal services, operating, travel and subsistence, capital, and legal services expenses of administering the pilot program authorized in subsection (1) of this section from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund.    The board shall develop guidelines for the range of potentially eligible projects for the pilot program authorized in subsection (1) of this section by October 1, 1991, and shall establish such criteria and feasibility measures as will assure that a range of potentially beneficial projects are demonstrated as part of the pilot program.    and (5) Repealed.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 2023, § 4, effective June 4. L. 96: (4) repealed, p. 1224, § 28, effective August 7. L. 99: (5) repealed, p. 25, § 2, effective March 5.    Cross references:    In 1991, this entire section was added by the ”Water Conservation Act of 1991“. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 328, Session Laws of Colorado 1991.    For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
CO Code § 37-60-126.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-126.5. Drought Mitigation Planning - Programs - Relationship to State Assistance

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, ”drought mitigation“ means the planning and implementation of actions and programs used in periods of unusual water scarcity, with a combination of actions and programs taken before a drought to reduce the occurrence and severity of water supply shortages, and actions and programs taken during a drought to manage water supplies and water demand appropriately.    The office shall develop programs to provide technical assistance to covered entities and other state or local governmental entities in the development of drought mitigation plans.    The board is hereby authorized to expend revenues from the water efficiency grant program cash fund and to recommend the appropriation and expenditure of the revenues as is necessary from the unobligated balance of the five-percent share of the severance tax operational fund designated for use by the board for the purpose of assisting covered entities and other state or local governmental entities to develop drought mitigation plans that the office identifies as sufficient.    The board shall adopt guidelines for the office to use in reviewing, evaluating, and approving drought mitigation plans submitted by covered entities or other state or local governmental entities in accordance with this section.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 1783, § 4, effective August 4. L. 2007: (3) and (4) amended, p. 1892, § 2, effective June 1. L. 2013: (3) amended,(SB 13-181), ch. 209, p. 873, § 25, effective May 13.    Editor's note:   For definitions applicable to this section, see § 37-60-126 .   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 373, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
CO Code § 37-60-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-127. Applicability of Provisions Requiring Funding by Political Subdivisions of the State

 No provision of section 37-60-124 , 37-60-125 , 37-60-126 , or 37-96-103 (4) to (6) that requires funding by any political subdivision of the state that is a covered entity as defined in section   (b)    applies to any such political subdivision if the entity submits the applicable provision and its requirements, including all costs to the inhabitants of the respective jurisdiction, to the qualified electors of any such political subdivision, and a majority of the qualified electors do not approve the applicable provision and its requirements.  History. Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 2023, § 4, effective June 4. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1484, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(SB 14-103), ch. 384, p. 1878, § 4, effective September 1, 2016.    Cross references:   In 1991, this entire section was added by the ”Water Conservation Act of 1991“. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 328, Session Laws of Colorado 1991.
CO Code § 37-60-129 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-129. Availability of Funds

 Moneys appropriated or authorized to the board from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and from the Colorado river recovery program loan fund shall remain available to the board for the original purposes, unless deauthorized by the legislature, until any project for which the moneys were appropriated or authorized is completed.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 384, § 12, effective May 4. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 696, § 36, effective May 30.
CO Code § 37-60-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-130. Well Augmentation Loans

  (Deleted by amendment,L. 2004, p. 884, § 16, effective May 21, 2004.)    The board is hereby authorized to make loans from unreserved cash in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to organizations or entities for the purchase of augmentation water or the rights to such water to replace out-of-priority depletions to surface water rights and to prevent material depletions of stateline flows that might result in violation of compacts or interstate decrees.    The board shall approve or deny applications for loans based upon criteria including, but not limited to, whether the:   Source of augmentation water is from a reliable, permanent supply;    Applicant has adequate security or collateral to assure repayment;    Applicant has the ability to repay the loan at an interest rate and over a period of time as set by the board;    Applicant is able to collect payments for the augmented water from its members;    Loan will serve the needs of a broad group of users rather than a specific user;    Loan will assist in maintaining the agricultural viability of the area served;    Applicant obtains commitments from its members that any such member who fails to make payments in accordance with the loan agreement shall cease pumping water; and    Applicant obtains commitments from its members to comply with any rules or changes to rules as promulgated or amended by the state engineer that govern the measurement of groundwater withdrawals and the use of such groundwater.         The state engineer shall promptly and completely curtail the use of a well by the owner of such well if such owner has accepted the benefit of a well augmentation loan and fails to make a payment required pursuant to the terms of subsection (3) of this section.    This section shall apply regardless of whether the well owner accepts the benefit of the well augmentation loan directly or through membership in a participating association or organization.    Curtailment pursuant to this subsection (4) shall remain in effect for as long as any payment remains past due.         History. Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 385, § 12, effective May 4. L. 97: (1) and (2) amended, p. 830, § 17, effective May 21. L. 2001: (1), (2), (4)(a), and (4)(b) amended, p. 695, § 34, effective May 30. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 884, § 16, effective May 21.
CO Code § 37-60-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-131. Natural Hazard Mapping - Fund - repeal.(repealed)

 History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added,(SB 15-245), ch. 133, p. 410, § 1, effective May 1. L. 2018: (3) amended,(SB 18-218), ch. 336, p. 2019, § 26, effective May 30.    Editor's note:   Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, p. 2019 .)
CO Code § 37-60-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-132. Invasive Phreatophyte Control Program - Creation - Fund - repeal.(repealed)

 History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added,(HB 15-1006), ch. 185, p. 604, § 1, effective August 5.    Editor's note:   Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective September 1, 2018. (See L. 2015, p. 604 .)
CO Code § 37-60-133 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-60-133. Minimum Criteria and Guidelines for Agricultural Water Protection Programs

     The board shall develop minimum criteria and guidelines for the establishment of an agricultural water protection program in water division 1 or 2 pursuant to section 37-92-305 (19)(b)(IV)(B) to assure sufficient protection and monitoring of agricultural water protection water rights pursuant to section 37-92-305 (19)(b)(III).    The board may promulgate separate minimum criteria and guidelines for each water division.      Until finalization of the criteria and guidelines, the board shall post and periodically update draft criteria and guidelines on its website. (c) (I) Until finalization of the criteria and guidelines, the board shall post and periodically update draft criteria and guidelines on its website.    The board shall consider any comments it receives on the draft criteria and guidelines and, upon the request of an eligible entity, as defined in section 37-92-305 (19)(c), the board shall hold a meeting with the eligible entity to receive the eligible entity's comments.    The board shall hold at least one public meeting in each water division to present the draft criteria and guidelines and receive comments on them.          The board shall finalize the criteria and guidelines within one year after initiating the process to develop criteria and guidelines.    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. 598, § 1, effective August 10.
CO Code § 37-92-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 92 - Water Right Determination and Administration|Part 2 - Water Divisions - Courts|§ 37-92-204. Water Clerks - Duties

     There is established in each water division the office of water clerk, who shall be an associate clerk of the district court and shall be appointed in the same manner as clerks of the various district courts. The water clerk may be a part-time employee, or an existing clerk of the district court may be assigned additional duties as water clerk. Any reference in this article to a filing with the water clerk means a filing in the district court where such clerk serves.    The water clerk shall maintain his office in the offices of the clerk of the district court of the county in each division as follows:       The water clerk shall maintain the records of all proceedings related to appropriations, determinations of water rights and conditional water rights and the amount and priority thereof, changes of water rights, plans for augmentation, abandonment of water rights and conditional water rights, and the records of all proceedings of the water judge and of all rulings and actions of the referee required by this article to be filed with the water clerk. The clerks of the various district courts in each division, if requested by the water clerk of that division, shall transfer to the water clerk duplicate copies of any of the files, or parts thereof, of cases relating to water rights. The water clerk shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the water judge or the supreme court.    Subject to the approval of the water judge, the water clerk in each division shall employ such assistants and deputies as may be necessary for him or her to carry out his or her duties. The water clerk, assistants, and deputies shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101 and file such bond as may be prescribed by the supreme court.    The expense of the office and staff of the water clerk shall be provided for out of state funds appropriated to the supreme court, and each county in which a water clerk's office is located shall be reimbursed for the cost thereof to the county.     History. Source: L. 69: P. 1205, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-11. L. 70: P. 431, § 2. L. 2018: (3) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 704, § 45, effective August 8. History. Source: L. 69: P. 1205, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-11. L. 70: P. 431, § 2. L. 2018: (3) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 704, § 45, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 37-92-303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 92 - Water Right Determination and Administration|Part 3 - Determination and Administration of Water Rights|§ 37-92-303. Rulings by the Referee

  Within sixty-three days after the last day on which statements of opposition may be filed with respect to a particular application, unless such time is extended by the water judge for good cause shown, the referee shall make a ruling on the application unless the referee determines to rerefer the matter to the water judge as specified in subsection (2) of this section. The ruling may disapprove the application in whole or in part in the discretion of the referee even though no statements of opposition have been filed. The ruling of the referee shall give the names of the applicants with respect to each water right or conditional water right involved, the location of the point of diversion or place of storage, the means of diversion, the type of use, the amount and priority, and other pertinent information. In the case of a plan for augmentation, such ruling shall include a complete statement of such plan as approved or disapproved. The ruling shall be filed with the water clerk, subject to judicial review. A copy of the ruling shall be sent by the water clerk by regular or electronic mail to the applicant, to each person who has filed a statement of opposition, to the state engineer, and to the division engineer.    The referee may determine not to make a ruling as specified in subsection (1) of this section and to rerefer the matter to the water judge for a decision as provided in this article. Such rereferral shall be accomplished by order of the referee, which shall be entered within sixty-three days following the last month in which statements of opposition may be filed with respect to the particular application, unless such time is extended by the water judge for good cause shown. The referee shall rerefer the matter to the water judge at any time before the referee's hearing upon a motion to rerefer by the applicant or any opposer certifying that party's intent to protest an adverse ruling of the referee. A motion to rerefer shall not be a prerequisite to a protest of the ruling of the referee. A copy of the order shall be sent by the water clerk to the applicant and to each person who has filed a statement of opposition and to the state engineer and the division engineer by regular or electronic mail.     History. Source: L. 69: P. 1208, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-19. L. 71: P. 1327, § 2. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1427, § 2, effective July 1. L. 88: (2) amended, p. 1240, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 122, § 3, effective April 5. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 888, § 163, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 69: P. 1208, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-19. L. 71: P. 1327, § 2. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1427, § 2, effective July 1. L. 88: (2) amended, p. 1240, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 122, § 3, effective April 5. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 888, § 163, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-92-306.1 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 92 - Water Right Determination and Administration|Part 3 - Determination and Administration of Water Rights|§ 37-92-306.1. Relation Back of Priority Date

  Except in the case of applications for adjudication of groundwater, notwithstanding the provisions of section 37-92-306, the filing date of an application for a water right or conditional water right involving the same source of water and derived from the same point of diversion from the same stream as a prior application for a water right or conditional water right filed in the preceding year by a different applicant may relate back to the date of filing of that prior application if:   The subsequent applicant timely filed a statement of opposition to the prior application; and    The subsequent application was made within sixty days of the prior application.        History. Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1789, § 3, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Developments in Conditional Water Rights Law“, see 14 Colo. Law. 353 (1985). For article, ”Use of Colorado Water Rights In Secured Transactions“, see 18 Colo. Law. 2307 (1989).
CO Code § 37-92-311 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 92 - Water Right Determination and Administration|Part 3 - Determination and Administration of Water Rights|§ 37-92-311. Industrial Hemp Cultivation Allowed Under an Agricultural Water Right

 A person with an absolute or conditional water right decreed for agricultural use may use the water subject to the agricultural water right for any product authorized for growth and cultivation by title 35.   History. Source: L. 2017: Entire section added,(SB 17-117), ch. 221, p. 857, § 2, effective May 21; entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1418, § 120, effective May 25.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 17-117, see section 1 of chapter 221, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.