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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB17-1291

Alternate Storage Not Change If Already Quantified

Type Bill
Session 2017 Regular Session
Subjects
Water

Concerning the ability to store water at an alternate place of storage if the historical consumptive use of the water right has already been quantified in a previous change of the water right.

Bill Summary:

Current law allows water to be stored only at a location that has been specifically identified in a decree. The bill allows a water right for which the historical consumptive use was previously quantified to be stored in any reservoir, without the necessity of adjudicating an additional change of water right, if:

  • The water will be diverted from a point of diversion that has already been decreed for that water right and the alternate place of storage is located on the same ditch or reservoir system;
  • Previous notice is given to the division engineer;
  • Transit and ditch losses are assessed from the decreed point of diversion to the alternate place of storage;
  • The division engineer approves the proposed accounting of the storage; and
  • The water was not imported from another water division.
    (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Prime Sponsors

Representative Jeni Arndt

Representative

Jeni Arndt

Representative Jon Becker

Representative

Jon Becker

Senator Don Coram

Senator

Don Coram

Committees

House

Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources

Senate

Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
06/05/2017 Signed Act PDF
05/18/2017 Final Act PDF
05/03/2017 Rerevised PDF
05/02/2017 Revised PDF
04/24/2017 Reengrossed PDF
04/21/2017 Engrossed PDF
03/24/2017 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
04/19/2017 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
08/07/2017 FN2 PDF
04/13/2017 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 17-1291 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 17-1291, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
05/03/2017 Third Reading BILL
33
AYE
0
NO
2
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/24/2017 Third Reading BILL
64
AYE
0
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
06/05/2017 Governor Governor Signed
05/18/2017 Governor Sent to the Governor
05/18/2017 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
05/17/2017 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2017 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/02/2017 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/27/2017 Senate Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/24/2017 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy
04/24/2017 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/21/2017 House House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
04/17/2017 House House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/24/2017 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/09/2017 338 Alternate Storage Not Change If Already Quantified PDF

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