C.R.S. Section 37-60-130
Well augmentation loans


(1)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 884, § 16, effective May 21, 2004.)(2) The board is hereby authorized to make loans from unreserved cash in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to organizations or entities for the purchase of augmentation water or the rights to such water to replace out-of-priority depletions to surface water rights and to prevent material depletions of stateline flows that might result in violation of compacts or interstate decrees.

(3)

The board shall approve or deny applications for loans based upon criteria including, but not limited to, whether the:

(a)

Source of augmentation water is from a reliable, permanent supply;

(b)

Applicant has adequate security or collateral to assure repayment;

(c)

Applicant has the ability to repay the loan at an interest rate and over a period of time as set by the board;

(d)

Applicant is able to collect payments for the augmented water from its members;

(e)

Loan will serve the needs of a broad group of users rather than a specific user;

(f)

Loan will assist in maintaining the agricultural viability of the area served;

(g)

Applicant obtains commitments from its members that any such member who fails to make payments in accordance with the loan agreement shall cease pumping water; and

(h)

Applicant obtains commitments from its members to comply with any rules or changes to rules as promulgated or amended by the state engineer that govern the measurement of groundwater withdrawals and the use of such groundwater.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The state engineer shall promptly and completely curtail the use of a well by the owner of such well if such owner has accepted the benefit of a well augmentation loan and fails to make a payment required pursuant to the terms of subsection (3) of this section.

(b)

This section shall apply regardless of whether the well owner accepts the benefit of the well augmentation loan directly or through membership in a participating association or organization.

(c)

Curtailment pursuant to this subsection (4) shall remain in effect for as long as any payment remains past due.

Source: Section 37-60-130 — Well augmentation loans, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑60‑101
Definitions
37‑60‑102
Colorado water conservation board - creation
37‑60‑103
Organization
37‑60‑104
Personnel
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
37‑60‑109
Commissioner
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 - reports - definitions - repeal
37‑60‑116
Reports
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
Colorado water conservation board construction fund - creation - nature of fund - funds for investigations - contributions - use for augmenting the general fund - funds created - rules - repeal
37‑60‑121.1
Reserved rights litigation fund
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 - water plan implementation account - created - legislative declaration - reporting - 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
37‑60‑125
Authorizations for expenditures from Colorado water conservation board construction fund for demonstration of benefits of water efficiency
37‑60‑126
Water conservation and drought mitigation planning - programs - relationship to state assistance for water facilities - guidelines - water efficiency grant program - definitions - repeal
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
37‑60‑134
Groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund - creation - conservation district recommendations for expenditures - state engineer approval - legislative declaration - transfer - definitions - reports - notice to revisor of statutes - repeal
37‑60‑135
State turf replacement program - creation - administration - turf replacement fund - creation - legislative declaration - definitions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-60-130’s source at colorado​.gov