Water And Irrigation - Digest of Bills

Digest of Bills - 2000

WATER AND IRRIGATION
H.B. 00-1365 Monument lake dam and reservoir - transfer of title - ownership and control. Authorizes the governor to execute a deed of conveyance to the town of Monument of all the right, title, and interest of the state of Colorado in Monument lake dam. States that the transfer of title to Monument lake dam will not occur until the dam has been repaired by the town of Monument and El Paso county to the satisfaction of the state engineer's office and other governmental entities with applicable jurisdiction. Allows the town of Monument and El Paso county to apply for financial assistance from the Colorado water resources and power development authority, the Colorado water conservation board, and from any other appropriate state, federal, or private source for the repair of Monument lake dam.

Upon the transfer of title to Monument lake dam, allows the town of Monument to acquire and assume the duties and responsibilities relating to the storage of water in Monument lake reservoir. Specifies that upon the transfer of title to Monument lake dam, the town of Monument shall assume all liability and responsibility relating to the control, management, and maintenance of Monument lake dam and reservoir and El Paso county shall be relieved of all responsibilities relating to the reservoir.

APPROVED by Governor May 23, 2000
EFFECTIVE May 23, 2000

H.B. 00-1419 Colorado water conservation board - project loan authorization - changes in loan amounts to previously authorized projects - appropriation. Authorizes the expenditure of moneys in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and the severance tax trust fund perpetual base account on the following:

Certain enumerated water projects;
Satellite monitoring system maintenance;
Closed basin project;
Paonia reservoir research project;
Alamosa river watershed project;
Bosley wash feasibility study and demonstration project;
Lower Elk river floodplain management plan;
South Denver metropolitan area water supply study;
El Paso county water master plan participation;
Restoration of emergency infrastructure repair loan account;
Annual financial reports of the fund by a responsible independent accounting firm;
Loan applicant credit reports;
South Platte river sustainment project reconnaissance study;
Chatfield reservoir reallocation study;
K-12 water education program.

Deauthorizes certain projects authorized in previous years. Changes the amounts authorized for certain projects in previous years. Changes project names in previous Colorado water conservation board construction fund project loan authorizations.

Creates the severance tax trust fund statewide water planning account for moneys transferred from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund. Appropriates moneys from the severance tax trust fund operational account to the severance tax trust fund statewide water planning account.

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the Colorado river recovery program loan account for the purpose of making loans to the Colorado river and San Juan river recovery programs.

APPROVED by Governor June 1, 2000
EFFECTIVE June 1, 2000

H.B. 00-1438 Water conservation board - powers - conditional water rights. Repeals the ability of the Colorado water conservation board to acquire conditional water rights or change conditional water rights to instream flow uses in the Yampa river basin.

APPROVED by Governor June 1, 2000
EFFECTIVE June 1, 2000