C.R.S. Section 37-92-202
Division engineers


(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The state engineer, with the approval of the executive director of the department of natural resources, shall appoint one division engineer for each division. The division engineers are allocated to the division of water resources as a section of the division. The division engineers are
type 1
entities, as defined in section 24-1-105. Each division engineer must be a licensed professional engineer and must have such additional qualifications as may be specified from time to time by the state engineer. The state engineer, with the approval of said executive director, may employ such assistants and staff members as are necessary to enable each division engineer to carry out the division engineer’s duties.

(b)

Each division engineer shall reside in his division, and the offices of the various division engineers shall be maintained in the following locations:
Division 1Greeley
Division 2Pueblo
Division 3Alamosa
Division 4Montrose
Division 5Glenwood Springs
Division 6Steamboat Springs
Division 7Durango

(2)

The division engineers shall perform such functions as are specified in this article and other laws and such functions as may be specified in written instructions and orders issued to them or to any one of them from time to time by the state engineer.

(3)

With the approval of the state engineer, each division engineer may establish one or more field offices within his division and may appoint as a member of his staff a water commissioner for each such office.

(4)

The expenses of the offices and staffs of the division engineers shall be provided for out of state funds.

(5)

To the extent required by the constitution and laws of Colorado, appointments under this section shall be subject and pursuant to the state personnel system.

Source: Section 37-92-202 — Division engineers, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑92‑101
Short title
37‑92‑102
Legislative declaration - basic tenets of Colorado water law
37‑92‑103
Definitions
37‑92‑201
Water divisions
37‑92‑202
Division engineers
37‑92‑203
Water judges - jurisdiction
37‑92‑204
Water clerks - duties
37‑92‑301
Administration and distribution of waters
37‑92‑302
Applications for water rights or changes of such rights - plans for augmentation
37‑92‑303
Rulings by the referee
37‑92‑304
Proceedings by the water judge
37‑92‑305
Standards with respect to rulings of the referee and decisions of the water judge - definitions
37‑92‑306
Priorities junior to prior awards - when
37‑92‑306.1
Relation back of priority date
37‑92‑308
Substitute water supply plans - special procedures for review - water adjudication cash fund - legislative declaration
37‑92‑309
Interruptible water supply agreements - special review procedures - rules - water adjudication cash fund - legislative declaration - definitions
37‑92‑310
Colorado water rights protection act - short title - legislative declaration - limitation on actions
37‑92‑311
Industrial hemp cultivation allowed under an agricultural water right
37‑92‑401
Tabulations of priorities and decennial abandonment lists
37‑92‑402
Special procedures for the 1978 tabulation and abandonment list
37‑92‑501
Jurisdiction over water - rules and regulations
37‑92‑501.5
Special procedures with respect to plans for augmentation
37‑92‑502
Orders as to waste, diversions, or distribution of water
37‑92‑503
Enforcement - injunction
37‑92‑504
Treble damages
37‑92‑601
Disposition of pending proceedings - showings of reasonable diligence
37‑92‑602
Exemptions - presumptions - stream restoration projects - report - legislative declaration - definitions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-92-202’s source at colorado​.gov