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CO Code § 37-90.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 90.5 - Geothermal Resources|§ 37-90.5-106. Drilling Permits - Reinjection

     Repealed.    Effective July 1, 2006, prior to constructing a geothermal resource exploration, production, or reinjection well, a permit shall be obtained from the state engineer. The state engineer shall adopt such rules as are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and the environment and to prevent the waste of any geothermal resource. The state engineer shall also adopt rules for the assessment of reasonable fees for the processing and granting of a permit under this section.       The state engineer shall notify the Colorado water quality control commission of all applications for a reinjection permit under this section and shall consider its comments in deciding whether to issue a permit. The state engineer may incorporate such comments as conditions to a permit. The water quality control commission shall respond to the notice required by this subsection (2) within sixty days.    Where the maintenance of underground pressures, the prevention of subsidence, or the disposal of brines is necessary, reinjection of geothermal fluid may be required by the state engineer.    The state engineer shall notify the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission of all applications for a permit to construct a geothermal well which expects to encounter geothermal fluids having a temperature in excess of 212 degrees Fahrenheit or will be in excess of two thousand five hundred feet in depth. The state engineer shall consider the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission comments in deciding whether to issue a permit. The state engineer may incorporate such comments as conditions to a permit. The Colorado oil and gas conservation commission shall respond to the notice required by this subsection (4) within sixty days.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1421, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 47, § 7, effective (see editor's note).    Editor's note:    Section 10 of chapter 7, Session Laws of Colorado 2003, provides for an effective date of March 1, 2003; however, the Governor did not sign the act until March 5, 2003.    Subsection (1)(a)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(a), effective July 1, 2006. (SeeL. 2003, p. 47.)     Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 7, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.
CO Code § 37-90.5-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 90.5 - Geothermal Resources|§ 37-90.5-108. Geothermal Management Districts

  The state engineer may adopt procedures under which geothermal management districts may be established. In such districts, the state engineer has the authority to:   Control well-spacing and production rates;    Control the quantity of geothermal fluid extracted from geothermal resources by such methods and procedures as he deems appropriate, including requirements to reinject;    Adopt a comprehensive plan for the most efficient use of geothermal resources, guided by the principles of equitable apportionment, maximum economic recovery, and prevention of waste.       The state engineer may delegate some or all of his authority under this section to a geothermal management district upon finding that the district has adequate organization and capability to administer an acceptable management plan.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1422, § 1, effective June 10.
CO Code § 37-91-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-101. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:   It has been established by scientific evidence that improperly constructed wells, improperly abandoned wells, and improperly installed pumping equipment can adversely affect groundwater resources and the public health, safety, and welfare; and    Therefore, the proper location, construction, repair, and abandonment of wells, the proper installation and repair of pumping equipment, the licensing and regulation of persons engaging in the business of contracting either for the construction of wells or for the installation of pumping equipment, and the periodic inspection of well construction and pump installation are essential for the protection of the public health and the preservation of groundwater resources.        History. Source: L. 67: P. 691, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1180, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1675, § 1, effective May 14. History. Source: L. 67: P. 691, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1180, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1675, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 37-91-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-103. State Board of Examiners of Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors

  There is created, under the division of water resources in the department of natural resources, a state board of examiners of water well construction and pump installation contractors, consisting of five members and comprised of the following persons: The state engineer or a representative designated by him; a representative of the department of health designated by the executive director of the department; and three members appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be well construction contractors or pump installation contractors, each with a minimum of ten years' experience in the well construction or pump installation business preceding his appointment, and one of whom shall be an engineer or geologist with a minimum of ten years' experience in water supply and well construction preceding his appointment.    All members shall be appointed for four-year terms, but no member shall be reappointed to or serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. Any vacancy occurring in the board membership of the governor's appointees, other than by expiration, shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the unexpired term. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in their official business.    The board shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times as it deems necessary or advisable. Special board meetings may be called at any time on order of the chairman or vice-chairman or any three members of the board. The board shall determine the time and place of all meetings, but at least one meeting every three months shall be held in Denver. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of three members shall be required to pass any action or motion of the board. The board may adopt bylaws to govern its own procedure.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 693, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-3. L. 68: P. 129, § 142. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 1182, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1677, § 3, effective May 14. History. Source: L. 67: P. 693, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-3. L. 68: P. 129, § 142. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 1182, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1677, § 3, effective May 14.
CO Code § 37-91-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-106. License - Exemptions - Rules

  (Deleted by amendment,L. 2003, p. 1678, § 6, effective May 14, 2003.)    A license shall not be required of any person who performs labor or services if he is directly employed by, or under the supervision of, a licensed well construction contractor or pump installation contractor.    Private drillers and private pump installers are exempt from all license requirements under this article; except that such entities shall be required to comply with minimum construction standards as required by section 37-91-110 and the rules of the board.    A license shall not be required of a professional engineer, professional geologist, or professional hydrologist or anyone directly employed by, or under the supervision of, a professional engineer, professional geologist, or professional hydrologist for the purpose of sampling, measuring, or test-pumping for scientific, engineering, or regulatory purposes. The board may promulgate rules governing such sampling, measuring, or test-pumping, and all such sampling, measuring, or test-pumping shall be done in compliance with such rules.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 695, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-6. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1), (3), and (4) amended, p. 1678, § 6, effective May 14. L. 2005: (3) amended, p. 157, § 1, effective April 5. History. Source: L. 67: P. 695, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-6. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1), (3), and (4) amended, p. 1678, § 6, effective May 14. L. 2005: (3) amended, p. 157, § 1, effective April 5.
CO Code § 37-91-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-109. Further Scope of Article - Orders - Penalties

  In addition to the licensing of well construction contractors and pump installation contractors as required by this article, no well shall be located, constructed, repaired, or abandoned and no pumping equipment shall be installed or repaired contrary to the provisions of this article and applicable rules of the board promulgated to effectuate the purposes of this article. The board may by order require any licensee, private driller, or private pump installer to remedy any such noncompliant installation, construction, or repair and may, pursuant to rules and after due notice and a hearing, impose penalties for such noncompliance. The provisions of this article shall apply to any well or any pumping equipment not otherwise subject to regulation under the laws of this state and to any distribution, observation, monitoring, or dewatering of water therefrom; but this article shall not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from the pressure tank or to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from the pumping equipment if no pressure tank or an overhead pressure tank is employed.    Only a licensed pump installation contractor may install a cistern or other water storage tank between the wellhead and the pressure tank or downstream of the wellhead if no pressure tank is utilized.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 696, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-9. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1187, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1680, § 10, effective May 14. History. Source: L. 67: P. 696, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-9. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1187, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1680, § 10, effective May 14.
CO Code § 37-91-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-110. Basic Principles and Minimum Standards

  The following basic principles, general in scope and fundamental in character, shall govern the construction, repair, or abandonment of any well and the installation or repair of any pumping equipment:   Water wells shall be:   Located in such manner that the well and its surroundings can be kept in a sanitary condition;    Adequate in size to permit the installation of pumping equipment to produce the volume of water sought to be obtained in compliance with the well permit;    Constructed or abandoned in such a manner as to maintain natural protection against pollution of water-bearing formations and to exclude known sources of contamination;       The pumping equipment shall be:   Located in such a manner that the pump and its surroundings can be kept in a sanitary condition;    Selected, constructed, and installed: To meet the water yield and drawdown characteristic of the well; to be durable and reliable in character; of such material that no toxic or otherwise objectionable condition will be created in the water; in such a manner that continued operation without priming is assured at the time of installation; and to provide adequate protection against pollution of any character from any surface or subsurface source.          The board shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend rules and regulations reasonably necessary to insure the proper construction or proper abandonment of wells and the proper installation of pumping equipment. The board has the authority to require the filing of information and reports relating to the construction or abandonment of wells and the installation of pumping equipment whenever it may deem such action to be necessary.    All wells shall be constructed or abandoned and all pumping equipment shall be installed in compliance with this article and with the rules and regulations promulgated by the board.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 696, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-10. L. 85: IP(1), (1)(a)(II), (1)(a)(III), and (2) amended and (3) added, p. 1187, § 13, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 67: P. 696, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-10. L. 85: IP(1), (1)(a)(II), (1)(a)(III), and (2) amended and (3) added, p. 1187, § 13, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-91-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-111. Violations and Penalties

  It is unlawful:   For any person to represent himself as a well construction contractor or a pump installation contractor who is not licensed under this article or to so represent himself after his license has been suspended or revoked or has lapsed;    For any person not licensed under this article to advertise or issue any sign, card, or other device which would indicate that he is a well construction contractor or a pump installation contractor;    For any person not licensed or whose license is suspended to construct wells unless he is a private driller or directly employed by or under the supervision of a licensed well construction contractor;    For any person not licensed or whose license is suspended to install pumping equipment unless he is a private pump installer or directly employed by or under the supervision of a licensed pump installation contractor, except as excluded pursuant to section 37-91-106 (4); or    For any person to otherwise violate any of the provisions of this article.       [ ] Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1) 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, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.    Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1) of this section shall also be subject to a civil penalty assessed by the court of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each such violation. All civil penalties collected under this subsection (3) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the well inspection cash fund created in section 37-80-111.5.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (2) (2) [ ] Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1) of this section commits a petty offense.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 67: P. 697, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-11. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1188, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1681, § 11, effective May 14. L. 2021: (2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3292, § 680, effective March 1, 2022. History. Source: L. 67: P. 697, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-11. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1188, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1681, § 11, effective May 14. L. 2021: (2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3292, § 680, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 37-91-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-112. Injunctive Proceedings

  The board may, through the attorney general of the state of Colorado, apply for civil penalties and for an injunction to enjoin any person from committing any act declared to be unlawful by this article. Such application shall be heard in the district court in which the grounds for the injunction arose.    Such injunctive proceedings shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty or remedy provided in this article.    In such proceedings, if the court enters a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction or awards civil penalties, the person against whom such injunctive order was entered or against whom such civil penalties were awarded shall pay the costs of the proceeding, including reasonable attorney fees.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 697, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-12. L. 85: (1) amended and (3) added, p. 1188, § 15, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 67: P. 697, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-12. L. 85: (1) amended and (3) added, p. 1188, § 15, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-91-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 91 - Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors|§ 37-91-113. Well Inspection Program

  The state engineer shall monitor compliance with this article, including by inspecting water well construction and pump installation, and may employ inspectors for such purpose. The costs of such monitoring and inspection shall be paid from the well inspection cash fund created by section 37-80-111.5.    Inspectors shall have the following qualifications, but need not be licensed pursuant to this article:   Knowledge of proper well construction and pump installation techniques and practices;    Drill site experience;    Computer skills;    Interpersonal skills; and    Knowledge of all applicable statutes and rules.       Inspectors shall annually spend a majority of their time conducting field inspections and a minority of their time preparing and evaluating reports and related office work. Duties shall include the following:   Well construction and pump installation inspection and observation;    Complaint investigation;    Education and outreach;    Inspection and observation of geotechnical wells, observation and monitoring wells, dewatering wells, and test holes;    Field inspections of existing wells and pumps;    Field inspections of well and hole plugging and abandonment; and    Staff support for the state engineer and board.        History. Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1681, § 12, effective May 14.
CO Code § 37-95-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 95 - Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority|§ 37-95-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the ”Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority Act“.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1794, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-95-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 95 - Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority|§ 37-95-102. Legislative Declaration

  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to preserve, protect, upgrade, conserve, develop, utilize, and manage the water resources of the state, to promote the beneficial use of waters of the state for the protection and preservation of the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, and to assist and cooperate with governmental agencies in achieving such purposes. In furtherance of such public policy, the Colorado water resources and power development authority is created in this article to initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair, and operate projects or cause the same to be operated pursuant to a lease, sublease, or other agreement with any person or governmental agency and may issue its bonds and notes payable solely from revenues to pay the cost of such projects.    The general assembly finds and declares that the authority and powers conferred under this article and the expenditures of public moneys pursuant thereto constitute a serving of a valid public purpose and that the enactment of the provisions set forth in this article is in the public interest and is hereby so declared to be such as a matter of express legislative determination.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1794, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-95-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 95 - Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority|§ 37-95-105. Records and Meetings of Board - Disclosure of Interests Required

  All resolutions and orders shall be recorded and authenticated by the signature of the chairman and the secretary of the board. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions, corporate acts, and orders shall be a public record. A public record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of the meetings, annual reports, certificates, contracts, and bonds given by officers, employees, and any other agents of the authority. The account of all moneys received by and disbursed on behalf of the authority shall also be a public record. Any public record of the authority shall be open for inspection by any citizen. All records shall be subject to uniform budget and audit laws, as set forth in article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., and shall be subject to regular audits, as provided therein.    All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present. One or more members of the board may participate in any meeting and may vote through the use of telecommunications devices, including, but not limited to, a conference telephone or similar communications equipment. Such participation through telecommunications devices shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Such use of telecommunications shall not supersede any requirements for public hearing otherwise provided by law.    Any board member, employee, or other agent or adviser of the board who has a direct or indirect interest in any contract or transaction with the authority shall disclose this interest to the board. This interest shall be set forth in the minutes of the board, and no board member, employee, or other agent or adviser having such interest shall participate on behalf of the board in the authentication of any such contract or transaction.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1797, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 902, § 3, effective April 19. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 43, § 2, effective August 5.