1999
BY REPRESENTATIVES Hoppe, George, Alexander, Berry, Johnson, Kaufman, Kester, McKay, Miller, Smith, Spradley, Webster, Young, Coleman, Gotlieb, and Taylor;
also SENATORS Wattenberg, Dennis, Dyer, Anderson, Arnold, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Congrove, Epps, Evans, Feeley, Hernandez, Hillman, Lacy, Linkhart, Martinez, Musgrave, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Powers, Tanner, Tebedo, and Teck.
Concerning the addition of the commissioner of agriculture to the Colorado water conservation board as a nonvoting ex officio member.
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 fourteen 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 which that does not conform to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section. 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. Effective date. This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution; except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.
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Russell George Ray Powers
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Bill Owens
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO