C.R.S. Section 37-92-601
Disposition of pending proceedings

  • showings of reasonable diligence
All proceedings pending on June 7, 1969, for the adjudication of water rights, for a change of water rights, or for the disposition of other matters which are of the type to be handled by proceedings provided for in this article shall be concluded by June 1, 1972, in accordance with the provisions of the statute under which they are instituted, and priorities and changes of water rights which are determined in such pending proceedings shall be integrated by the various division engineers in their current records and shall be included in tabulations prepared by the division engineers pursuant to the provisions of this article. Any such proceedings which are not concluded by June 1, 1972, shall be heard from that time on to completion by the water judge for the division in which the proceedings are pending, under procedures provided for in this article; except that the chief justice of the supreme court may provide that a judge, other than the water judge, shall complete proceedings in specific cases. Persons who have filed statements of claim in such pending proceedings may withdraw therefrom at any time and file applications or otherwise proceed in accordance with this article. Showings of reasonable diligence under existing conditional decrees or conditional decrees entered in such pending proceedings shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this article, but the time shall be tolled during any period in which the water judge finds the applicant was prevented from filing by reason of conditions beyond his control. Applications for findings of reasonable diligence shall be filed with the water clerk pursuant to the terms of this article. When and if a conditional water right awarded in any such conditional decree becomes a water right pursuant to the procedures in this article, the priority awarded such water right shall be the same as if the proceedings in which the conditional decree was entered had remained open until the final determination with respect to such water right.

Source: Section 37-92-601 — Disposition of pending proceedings - showings of reasonable diligence, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-92-601’s source at colorado​.gov