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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-131 - Election supplies

(1)
The secretary of the district shall provide at each polling place ballots or ballot labels, or both, ballot boxes or voting machines, or both, instructions, electors' affidavits, and other materials and supplies required for an election by any law; and the secretary may provide ballots and marking devices suitable for voting and for the votes on the ballots to be counted on electronic vote-tabulating devices.
(2)
Election officials may require the execution of an affidavit by any person desiring to vote at any election of the district to evidence such person's qualifications to vote. The affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the facts it states.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1922, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-132 - Election returns

(1)
In the case of any election held under this article that is not held concurrently with a primary or general election, the election officials shall make their returns directly to the secretary of the district for the board.
(2)
In the case of an election held under this article that is consolidated with any primary or general election, the returns shall be made and canvassed at the time and in the manner provided by law for the canvass of the returns of such primary or general election. The canvassing body shall certify promptly and shall transmit to the secretary of the district for the board a statement of the result of the vote upon any proposition submitted under this article.
(3)
Upon receipt by the board of election returns from election officials or upon receipt of such certificate from each such canvassing body, the board shall tabulate and declare the results of the election at any regular or special meeting held not earlier than five days following the date of the election.
(4)
The board shall cause the results of the election to be published at least one time in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the district.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1922, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-135 - Liens on pledged revenues

(1)
Revenues pledged for the payment of bonds, as received by or otherwise credited to the district under this article, shall immediately be subject to the lien of each such pledge without any physical delivery, filing, or further act.
(2)
The lien of each such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions made in the authorizing resolution or other related instrument shall have priority over all other obligations or liabilities of the district, except as may be otherwise provided in this article or in the resolution or other instrument, and subject to any prior pledges and liens previously created.
(3)
The lien of each such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all persons having claims of any kind in tort, in contract, or otherwise against the district, irrespective of whether such persons have notice of the lien.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1925, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-136 - Rights - powers of holders of bonds - trustees

(1)
Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of bonds of the district issuing bonds under this article, or the holders' trustee, including, without limitation, the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage, or number of such holders, and subject to any prior or superior rights of others, a holder of bonds, or the holder's trustee, shall have the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:
(a)
By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity, to enforce the holder's rights against the district, board, or any combination, or the officers, agents, and employees of the district to compel the district, board, or such officers, agents, or employees to perform their respective duties, obligations, or other commitments under this article and their respective covenants and agreements with the holder of a bond;
(b)
By action or suit in equity, to require the district to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust;
(c)
By action or suit in equity, to have a receiver appointed, which receiver may enter and take possession of facilities and pledged revenues for the payment of the bonds; prescribe sufficient fees, rates, and other charges derived from the facilities; and collect, receive, and apply all pledged revenues or other moneys pledged for the payment of the bonds in the same manner as the district itself might do in accordance with the obligations of the district; and
(d)
By action or suit in equity, to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of any bonds.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1926, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-137 - Investments and securities

(1)
The board, subject to contractual limitations from time to time imposed upon the district by a resolution authorizing the issuance of the outstanding bonds of the district, a trust indenture, or other related proceedings, may invest and reinvest proceeds of taxes, pledged revenues, and proceeds of bonds issued under this article in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article
75
of title
24
, C.R.S., and may deposit such proceeds in any trust bank, secured in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine, with or without the payment of any interest on such deposit, including, without limitation, time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit.
(2)
Such securities and certificates of deposit thus held may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds may be so reinvested or redeposited as provided in this section.
(3)
Sales and redemptions of such securities and certificates of deposit thus held shall, from time to time, be made so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which such securities and certificates of deposit were originally acquired.
(4)
Gains from such investments or reinvestments may be credited to any fund or account pledged for the payment of district bonds issued under this article, including any applicable reserve, any other fund or account pertaining to a project or facility, or the district's general fund, subject to contractual limitations in a proceeding pertaining to outstanding district bonds.
(5)
It is lawful for a commercial bank incorporated under the laws of this state that may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds issued under this article, securities owned by the district, proceeds of taxes, pledged revenues, and moneys otherwise pertaining to a project, facilities, or any combination, to furnish such indemnifying bonds and to pledge such securities as may be required by the board.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1926, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-138.5 - Prohibition on duplication of water use fees

Notwithstanding any provision of this article 50 to the contrary, a person or entity within the district, which person or entity is obligated to provide augmentation to a river system other than the Republican river pursuant to a decreed plan of augmentation, is not required to pay water use fees to the district.
Added by 2019 Ch. 112,§ 4, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1029), ch. 482, p. 482, § 4, effective August 2.
Section 5 of chapter 112 (HB 19-1029), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after August 2, 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-139 - Miscellaneous powers

(1)
The district shall also have the following powers:
(a)
To pay or otherwise defray and to contract to pay or defray, for a term not exceeding seventy-five years, without an election, except as otherwise provided in this article, the principal of, prior redemption premiums due in connection with, interest on, and other charges pertaining to securities or other obligations of the federal government, the district, a political subdivision, or a person that were incurred in connection with related property subsequently acquired by the district and relating to the district's facilities;
(b)
To establish, operate, and maintain facilities within the district or elsewhere, across or along any public street, highway, bridge, or viaduct or other public right-of-way or in, upon, under, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands now are, or may become, the property of a political subdivision of this state, without first obtaining a franchise from the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the lands; except that the district shall cooperate with any political subdivision having such jurisdiction; shall promptly restore any such public street, highway, bridge, viaduct, or other public right-of-way to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be; and shall not permanently impair completely or materially the usefulness of the right-of-way;
(c)
To adopt, amend, repeal, enforce, and otherwise administer such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as the district shall deem necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business, including, but not limited to, the operation, maintenance, management, government, and use of the facilities of the district and any other facilities under its control, whether situated within, without, or both within and without the territorial limits of the district.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1929, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-140 - Joint action entity

(1)
The district and another cooperating entity or entities relating to a project or facilities in which the district is a party in interest may create a joint action entity, which shall be a separate body corporate, for the planning, construction, lease, other acquisition, improvement, equipment, operation, maintenance, disposal, and financing of any enterprise or properties relating to such project or facilities.
(2)
A joint action entity may exercise the powers granted to the district by this article, other than the levy or fixing and collection of taxes, assessments, and service charges and the making and revising of rules and regulations under the police power.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1929, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-141 - Refunding

(1)
Any revenue bonds issued under this article and at any time outstanding may, at any time and from time to time, be refunded by the district by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the board may deem necessary to refund the principal of the bonds to be refunded, unpaid interest, premiums, and necessary incidental expenses.
(2)
Any such refunding may be effected, whether the bonds to be refunded have matured or shall mature later, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds, directly or indirectly, to the payment of the bonds to be refunded or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded, but the holders of bonds to be so refunded shall not be compelled, without their consent, to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange before the date on which they are payable by maturity date, option to redeem, or otherwise or if they are called for redemption before the date on which they are, by their terms, subject to redemption by option or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly or by implication inconsistent with the terms of this article, article
54
of title
11
, C.R.S., shall govern the issuance of such refunding bonds and the establishment of any related escrow.
(3)
Refunding bonds issued under authority of this article shall be payable solely from revenues out of which bonds to be refunded are payable or from revenues out of which bonds of the same character may be made payable under this article or other law in effect at the time of the refunding.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1930, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 50 - REPUBLICAN RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (§§ 37-50-101 — 37-50-142) › Section 37-50-142 - Severability

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1930, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-101 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the Colorado water conservation board.
L. 37: p. 1300, § 2. CSA: C. 173B, § 2. CRS 53: § 148-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-102 - Colorado water conservation board - creation

For the purpose of aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state and for the benefit of the present and future inhabitants of the state, there is created a Colorado water conservation board with the powers and duties set out in this article 60. The board is an agency of the state, and the functions it is to perform, as set out in this article 60, are governmental functions for the welfare and benefit of the state and its inhabitants. The Colorado water conservation board is a division of the department of natural resources and is a
type 1
entity, as defined in section
24-1-105
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469,§167, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 37: p. 1300, § 1. CSA: C. 173B, § 1. CRS 53: § 148-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-1.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the Colorado water conservation board as a division of the department of natural resources, see §§24-1-124(3) and 24-33-104.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-103 - Organization

The board shall elect from the appointed members a chairman and a vice-chairman to serve at the pleasure of the board. The director of the board shall serve as secretary.
L. 37: p. 1301, § 4. CSA: C. 173B, § 4. CRS 53: § 148-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-4. L. 67: p. 293, § 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-105 - Employment of temporary personnel

The Colorado water conservation board is authorized to employ any persons and enter into any cooperative undertakings with agencies of government as it may deem advisable for carrying out the work outlined in section
37-60-115
. The employment in this section referred to is of such persons as the Colorado water conservation board finds necessary to meet an emergency by employing temporary personnel to supplement the work of regular state employees, it being the purpose of this law to provide for the utmost speed in accomplishing its purposes. The Colorado water conservation board may grant such authority as it deems necessary or proper to the persons it designates to carry out the provisions of this section and section
37-60-116
.
L. 53: p. 645, § 2. CRS 53: § 148-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-106.5 - [Repealed]

L. 91: Entire section added, p. 2023, § 4, effective June 4. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1223, § 23, effective August 7.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-107 - Meetings - notice

The board may provide for the holding of regular meetings and may hold a special meeting at any time and place in the state upon the call of the chairman or vice-chairman or of any two voting members. Notice of all special meetings shall be given by telegram at least forty-eight hours, or by registered mail at least four days, before any special meeting. Six voting members shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative or negative vote of at least six voting members is necessary to bind the board. Any business may be transacted at a special meeting which could be transacted at a regular meeting.
L. 37: p. 1301, § 5. CSA: C. 173B, § 5. CRS 53: § 148-1-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-5. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1399, § 1, effective April 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-108 - Seal - rules and regulations

The board shall adopt a seal, and all documents to be executed by the board shall be under such seal, signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and attested by the secretary. From time to time, the board may adopt suitable rules and regulations as are necessary or expedient for the conduct of its business and the administration of this article.
L. 37: p. 1302, § 6. CSA: C. 173B, § 6. CRS 53: § 148-1-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-6.
For rule-making procedures, see article 4 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-109 - Commissioner

(1)
The governor from time to time, with the approval of the board, shall appoint a commissioner, who shall represent the state of Colorado upon joint commissions to be composed of commissioners representing the state of Colorado and another state or other states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into compacts or agreements between said states, with the consent of the congress when necessary, ascertaining and declaring the authority, interest, or right of the several signatory states, or any of them, over, in, and to interstate waters, all to the end that such waters may be used and disposed of by the several states and their respective citizens in accordance with an equitable apportionment or division thereof made between the signatory states by the terms of the compact or agreement; except that any compact or agreement so entered into on behalf of said states shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of said states or the citizens thereof until the same has been ratified and approved by the legislatures of all of said signatory states and by the congress of the United States when necessary.
(2)
The board shall furnish such commissioners with such legal, engineering, clerical, and other assistants as the board may deem advisable and necessary, all legal assistants to be employed with the consent of the attorney general. Such commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a compensation to be fixed by him. The compensation of the legal, engineering, and other assistants of said commissioners shall be fixed by the board, and all such compensation and necessary traveling expenses of such commissioners and their assistants shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this article.
L. 37: p. 1303, § 9. CSA: C. 173B, § 9. CRS 53: § 148-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-110 - Authority of commissioners under prior laws

All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, relating to the appointment of commissioners for negotiating compacts respecting the waters of interstate streams are hereby repealed; but such repeal shall neither affect the authority of any commissioners now engaged in the process of negotiating any interstate compact respecting the waters of any interstate stream of this state nor affect the validity of any such compact when so negotiated.
L. 37: p. 1308, § 15. CSA: C. 173B, § 14. CRS 53: § 148-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-111 - Compensation of members - director - employees

(1)
Each appointed member of the board not otherwise in full-time employment of the state shall receive a per diem allowance of fifty dollars for each day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of official duties, and all members shall receive traveling and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of official duties. Per diem and other expenses paid under this section shall be from moneys appropriated from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund.
(2)
The office of director of the water conservation board is hereby created. The board shall appoint a person who is well versed in water matters and qualified by experience, knowledge, and personality to represent the board and carry out its functions. The director shall be the chief administrative head of the board under the direction and supervision of the board and shall have general supervision and control of all its activities, functions, and employees. The appointment or removal of such director shall be subject to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and statutes enacted pursuant thereto relating to the state personnel system. He shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his official duties.
(3)
Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the board may employ such technical, clerical, and other personnel necessary to enable it to perform its duties and carry out the purposes of this article. Such personnel shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties.
L. 37: p. 1303, § 8. CSA: C. 173B, § 8. CRS 53: § 148-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-8. L. 67: p. 294, § 4. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 988, § 1, effective August 7.
For the state personnel system, see § 13 of art. XII, Colo. Const., and article 50 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-112 - Warrants for salaries and expenses

The controller is authorized to draw warrants monthly in payment of the lawful salaries and expenses of the board or commissioners and their legal, engineering, and other assistants and employees on vouchers signed by the secretary of the board and approved by the governor.
L. 37: p. 1307, § 12. CSA: C. 173B, § 12. CRS 53: § 148-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-113 - Board to cooperate with attorney general

The board shall cooperate with the attorney general in all matters relating to interstate suits concerning the waters of the rivers of the state and shall arrange for the gathering and compilation of all information, factual, engineering, or other data requisite or desirable for the use of the attorney general in the conduct of such suits.
L. 37: p. 1304, § 10. CSA: C. 173B, § 10. CRS 53: § 148-1-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-114 - Attorney general as legal advisor

The attorney general is the legal advisor for the board, and with his or her consent the board may employ additional legal counsel.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 94,§ 20, eff. 8/10/2016.
L. 37: p. 1302, § 7. CSA: C. 173B, § 7. CRS 53: § 148-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-7. L. 67: p. 294, § 3. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1094), ch. 94, p. 269, § 20, effective August 10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-116 - Reports

The Colorado water conservation board shall cause the results of the studies to be embodied in written reports, copies of which shall be held in the offices of said board as a public record available for the use of any interested person, and a copy of each of said reports shall be sent to the senate agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee and the house of representatives agriculture, livestock, and natural resources committee.
L. 53: p. 646, § 3. CRS 53: § 148-1-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-16. L. 67: p. 295, § 7. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 880, § 14, effective August 7. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2014, § 112, effective May 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-117 - Reports and publications

(1)
The board shall report to the executive director of the department of natural resources at such time and on such matters as the executive director requires.
(2)
Publication of studies conducted by the board and other publications circulated in quantity outside the division shall be subject to the approval and control of the executive director of the department of natural resources.
L. 58: pp. 325, 326, §§ 1-4. CRS 53: § 148-1-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-17. L. 64: p. 179, § 159.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-118 - Assent to water resources planning act

(1)
The state of Colorado, by and through the Colorado water conservation board, hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress entitled "Water Resources Planning Act", approved July 22, 1965. The Colorado water conservation board is authorized, empowered, and directed to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of a comprehensive water planning program as defined in title III of said act and in conformity with such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the water resources council pursuant to said act.
(2)
There is hereby created a fund designated as "federal aid water planning fund" to which shall be deposited all sums contributed to the state of Colorado by the federal government pursuant to title III of the water resources planning act. All moneys deposited under the provisions of this section are hereby specifically appropriated to the Colorado water conservation board for the purposes specified in said act of congress and no such moneys shall be expended for any other purpose.
L. 67: p. 295, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-18. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 1366, § 37, effective June 28.
For the "Water Resources Planning Act", see 79 Stat. 244, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1962 et seq.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-120 - Control of projects - contractual powers of board

(1)
The state of Colorado shall have the ownership and control of such portions of said projects, or shall take a sufficient security interest in property or take such bonds, notes, or other securities evidencing an obligation, as will assure repayment of funds made available by section
37-60-119
. Any security interest in property taken under this subsection (1) may be perfected and enforced in the same manner as security interests under article
9
of title
4
, C.R.S. The board is empowered to enter into contracts that are, in its opinion, necessary for the maintenance and continued operation of such projects.
(2)
If a sponsor fails to comply with the board's procedures and requirements, the board may, at its discretion, withhold or terminate all or a portion of the board's financial contribution to or loan for a project, notwithstanding the authorization of the same by the general assembly, or the board may require such assurances from the project sponsor as the board deems necessary in order to adequately protect the board's investment in a project.
(3)
The board may adjust the authorized interest rate, extend the authorized repayment period for any project, or defer one or more annual payments if, in the board's opinion, the entity requesting such adjustment, extension, and deferment demonstrates that it has encountered significant and unexpected financial difficulties and that it has been duly diligent in its efforts to comply with the repayment provisions of its contract with the board.
L. 71: p. 1344, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-1-20. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 958, § 10, effective May 21. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1153, § 3, effective June 2. L. 96: (1) and (3) amended, p. 991, § 11, effective May 23. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1446, § 41, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2) and (3) amended, p. 456, § 30, effective May 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-121.1 - Reserved rights litigation fund

(1)
The general assembly hereby recognizes that the claims of various agencies and organizations of the federal government to waters of the state of Colorado represent a claim to waters heretofore claimed by appropriators of the state of Colorado who have relied on the doctrine of prior appropriation to protect their property rights in and to those waters lawfully appropriated or acquired. The general assembly recognizes the need to take all actions necessary to protect such valuable property rights of its citizens, including the establishment of the fund as set forth in this section.
(2)
(a)
There is hereby established a reserved rights litigation fund in the office of the state treasurer to be utilized by the department of law for resolution of reserved rights claims. Moneys credited to said fund shall be expended by the attorney general only upon authorization by the general assembly and consistent with the provisions of this section. The controller, upon presentation of vouchers properly drawn and signed by the attorney general or an authorized employee of the department of law, shall issue warrants drawn on said fund. All moneys so deposited in the reserved rights litigation fund shall remain in said fund to be used for the purposes set forth in this section and shall not revert to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, the general fund, or any other fund at the end of the year, except as directed by the general assembly. All interest earned from the investment of moneys in the reserved rights litigation fund shall be credited to and become a part of the Colorado water conservation board construction fund created by section
37-60-121
.
(b)
Repealed.
L. 82: Entire section added, p. 538, § 1, effective April 9. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 1003, § 4, effective May 27. L. 99: (2)(b) repealed, p. 846, § 14, effective May 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-121.3 - [Repealed]

L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 1750, § 16, effective June 1. L. 2001: Entire section repealed, p. 690, § 25, effective May 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-121.5 - Loan guarantee fund - creation

The loan guarantee fund is hereby created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. All interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund shall be transferred to the severance tax perpetual base fund created in section
39-29-109(2)(a)
. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the board for the purpose of guaranteeing the repayment of loans made for water projects with multiple participants.
Added by 2017 Ch. 229,§ 21, eff. 5/23/2017.
L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1248), ch. 229, p. 891, § 21, effective May 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.3 - Wild and scenic rivers fund - created

There is hereby created in the state treasury the wild and scenic rivers fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The state treasurer shall transfer four hundred thousand dollars from previously unappropriated Colorado water conservation board construction fund moneys to the fund. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board to work with stakeholders within the state of Colorado to develop protection of river-dependent resources as an alternative to wild and scenic river designation under the federal "Wild and Scenic Rivers Act",
16 U.S.C. sec. 1271
et seq. In addition to any remaining balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year, the board is hereby authorized to annually provide, from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund, up to four hundred thousand dollars in order to restore the unencumbered balance in the fund up to four hundred thousand dollars. All interest derived from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. The board shall review the purpose of the 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 fund was established have ceased. The board may set terms and conditions as it deems appropriate concerning the annual expenditures of moneys from the fund.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-125), ch. 328, p. 1751, §21, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.4 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire section added, p. 829, § 14, effective May 21. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 457, § 32, effective May 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.5 - Emergency dam repair cash fund

There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency dam repair cash fund. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer money from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the emergency dam repair cash fund in such amounts and at such times as determined by the Colorado water conservation board. Such transfers must not exceed five hundred thousand dollars. The money in the emergency dam repair cash fund is continuously appropriated to the Colorado water conservation board and the division of water resources for the emergency repair of dams pursuant to section
37-87-108.5
. All money collected by the state engineer pursuant to section
37-87-108.5
shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. All interest derived from the investment of money in the emergency dam repair cash fund shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. Any balance remaining in the emergency dam repair cash fund at the end of any fiscal year remains in the fund.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 336,§ 25, eff. 5/30/2018.
L. 92: Entire section added, p. 2307, § 10, effective June 3. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 693, § 29, effective May 30. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-218), ch. 336, p. 2019, § 25, effective May 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.6 - [Repealed]

L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1335, § 10, effective June 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1532, § 12, effective May 31. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 693, § 30, effective May 30. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 454, § 22, effective May 23. L. 2004: Entire section repealed, p. 883, § 14, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.7 - Feasibility study small grant fund - creation

(1) to (4)
Repealed.
(5)
(a)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the feasibility study small grant fund for the purpose of making small grants to help pay the costs of preparing water project feasibility studies. The Colorado water conservation board shall approve small feasibility study grants based solely on criteria adopted by the board.
(b)
On July 1, 2019, and on each July 1 thereafter, in addition to any remaining balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to annually transfer up to five hundred thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the feasibility study small grant fund to restore the unencumbered balance in the feasibility study small grant fund to five hundred thousand dollars. The money in the feasibility study small grant fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the board for grants in compliance with this subsection (5). All interest derived from the investment of money in the feasibility study small grant fund shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. Any balance remaining in the feasibility study small grant fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 417,§ 13, eff. 6/3/2019.
L. 95: Entire section added, p. 384, § 12, effective May 4. L. 99: (4) amended and (5) added, p. 845, § 13, effective May 24. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 694, § 31, effective May 30. L. 2002: (1) to (4) repealed, p. 453, § 18, effective May 23. L. 2019: (5)(b) amended, (SB 19-221), ch. 3668, p. 3668, § 13, effective June 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND COMPACTS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-75-107) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Article 60 - COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-201) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-60-101 — 37-60-135) › Section 37-60-122.8 - Publications fund

(1)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the publications fund. The fund shall consist of moneys paid to the board from persons outside the board for copies of public records or publications provided by the board. The moneys in the fund may be expended by the board to pay for the cost of providing copies of public records or publications to persons outside the board. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board for the purposes established in this section.
(2)
The publications fund shall have no more than ten thousand dollars in it and any amount in excess shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. All interest derived from the investment of moneys in the publications fund shall be credited to the publications fund.
(3)
The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer five thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the publications fund.
L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1532, § 13, effective May 31. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 694, § 32, effective May 30.