Second Regular Session
              Sixty-fifth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 06-0974.02 Thomas Morris        HOUSE BILL 06-1400
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Buescher and Penry and Curry,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Isgar, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning interbasin compacts, and, in connection
            therewith, approving the interbasin compact charter
            and altering the boundaries that define certain
            western slope basin roundtables.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            Approves the interbasin compact charter.  Moves water districts
       60, 61, and 63 from the Gunnison basin roundtable to the Dolores, San
       Miguel, and San Juan basins roundtable.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  37-75-105 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended to read:
            37-75-105.  Interbasin compact committee - report - repeal. 
       (2) (a)  Not later than July 1, 2006, the interbasin compact committee
       shall establish and refer to the general assembly an interbasin compact
       charter that shall govern and guide all negotiations between basin
       roundtables under this article.  If the committee does not so refer the
       charter by July 1, 2006, this article is repealed, effective July 1, 2006. 
       Upon receipt, consideration, and approval of the charter by the general
       assembly acting by bill, negotiations between basin roundtables may
       commence.  Any compact or other agreement established using the
       procedures established in this article shall fully comply with the terms,
       requirements, and procedures established in the interbasin compact
       charter as approved pursuant to this subsection (2).
            (b)  The general assembly hereby approves the interbasin
       compact charter as submitted to the general assembly on April
       6, 2006, by the interbasin compact committee.  The revisor of
       statutes shall publish the full text of the charter in the
       Colorado Revised Statutes as nonstatutory matter in
       accordance with section 2-5-102 (9), C.R.S.
            SECTION 2.  2-5-102, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
       THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
            2-5-102.  Inclusions - nonstatutory.  (9)  There shall be
       included in the publication of the "Colorado Water for the 21st
       Century Act", as nonstatutory matter, following section
       37-75-105, C.R.S., the full text of the interbasin compact charter
       as submitted to the general assembly on April 6, 2006, by the
       interbasin compact committee.
            SECTION 3.  37-75-104 (3) (b) (IV) and (3) (b) (VII), Colorado
       Revised Statutes, are amended to read:
            37-75-104.  Basin roundtables.  (3) (b)  The following basin
       roundtables are hereby created:
            (IV)  The Gunnison basin roundtable, consisting of water division
       4 excepting water management districts 60, 61, and 63;
            (VII)  The Dolores, San Miguel, and San Juan basins roundtable,
       consisting of water division 7 and water management districts 60,
       61, and 63;
            SECTION 4.  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.