There is hereby created in the state treasury the stream gauge fund, referred to in this section as the "gauge fund". The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to the gauge fund. The moneys in the gauge fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board for stream gaging and data collection efforts related to instream flow monitoring, compact protection, decision support systems, and flood forecasting and analysis. In addition to any remaining balance in the gauge fund at the end of any fiscal year, the board is hereby authorized, from the water conservation board construction fund, to annually provide up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in order to restore the unencumbered balance in the gauge fund to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. All interest derived from the investment of moneys in the gauge fund shall be credited to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund. The board shall review the purposes of the gauge fund annually and is hereby authorized to cease providing moneys in the following year if, in its discretion, the board determines that the purposes for which the gauge fund was established have ceased. The board may set terms and conditions as it deems appropriate concerning the annual expenditures of moneys from the gauge fund.
Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1513, § 4, effective May 31.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 37 - Water and Irrigation
Article 60 - Colorado Water Conservation Board
§ 37-60-105. Employment of Temporary Personnel
§ 37-60-106. Duties of the Board - Legislative Declaration
§ 37-60-106.3. State Water Plan - Legislative Declaration - Grant Program
§ 37-60-107. Meetings - Notice
§ 37-60-108. Seal - Rules and Regulations
§ 37-60-110. Authority of Commissioners Under Prior Laws
§ 37-60-111. Compensation of Members - Director - Employees
§ 37-60-112. Warrants for Salaries and Expenses
§ 37-60-113. Board to Cooperate With Attorney General
§ 37-60-114. Attorney General as Legal Advisor
§ 37-60-115. Water Studies - Rules - Repeal
§ 37-60-117. Reports and Publications
§ 37-60-118. Assent to Water Resources Planning Act
§ 37-60-119. Construction of Water and Power Facilities - Contracts With and Charges Against Users
§ 37-60-120. Control of Projects - Contractual Powers of Board
§ 37-60-120.1. Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project - Authority - Repeal
§ 37-60-120.2. Animas-La Plata Project - Authority - Repeal
§ 37-60-121.5. Loan Guarantee Fund - Creation
§ 37-60-122. General Assembly Approval
§ 37-60-122.2. Fish and Wildlife Resources - Legislative Declaration - Fund - Authorization
§ 37-60-122.3. Wild and Scenic Rivers Fund - Created
§ 37-60-122.5. Emergency Dam Repair Cash Fund
§ 37-60-122.7. Feasibility Study Small Grant Fund - Creation
§ 37-60-122.8. Publications Fund
§ 37-60-122.9. Colorado River Recovery Program Loan Fund - Creation
§ 37-60-123.1. Loan Foreclosure Fund - Created
§ 37-60-123.2. Flood and Drought Response Fund - Created
§ 37-60-123.3. Water Plan Implementation Cash Fund - Created - Repeal
§ 37-60-123.5. Agricultural Emergency Drought Response
§ 37-60-123.7. Acquisitions of Water for Instream Flows
§ 37-60-124. Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning - Creation - Powers and Duties
§ 37-60-124.4. Stream Gauge Fund - Created
§ 37-60-126.5. Drought Mitigation Planning - Programs - Relationship to State Assistance
§ 37-60-127. Applicability of Provisions Requiring Funding by Political Subdivisions of the State
§ 37-60-129. Availability of Funds
§ 37-60-130. Well Augmentation Loans
§ 37-60-133. Minimum Criteria and Guidelines for Agricultural Water Protection Programs