HOUSE 3rd Reading Unamended February 11, 2004 HOUSE 2nd Reading Unamended February 10, 2004Second Regular Session Sixty-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO. 04-0440.01 Thomas Morris HOUSE BILL 04-1035 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Hoppe, Miller, Rippy, Salazar, and White SENATE SPONSORSHIP Entz, Dyer, Isgar, Tapia, and Taylor House Committees Senate Committees Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning a prohibition on proxy voting by members of the Colorado water conservation board. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Water Resources Review Committee. Prohibits members of the Colorado water conservation board from voting by proxy. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 37-60-104 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: 37-60-104. Personnel. (1) The board shall consist of fifteen members. The executive director of the department of natural resources shall be a voting member ex officio. The attorney general, state engineer, director of the division of wildlife, commissioner of agriculture or designee, and director of said board shall be nonvoting members ex officio. The nine remaining members shall be qualified electors of the state, well versed in water matters, and shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, for terms of three years; except that no appointment shall be made that does not conform to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section. Members of the board may not vote by proxy. The appointments shall be made in such a manner that the terms of three members shall expire on February 12 of each year. In case a vacancy occurs in the appointed membership of the board, by death or resignation, the governor shall appoint a successor to serve the unexpired term of any member of the board within thirty days after the creation of such vacancy. SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.