Water District Ability Contract Water Assets
Concerning water districts' ability to enter into contracts regarding their water-related assets.
Official status: Became Law
Prime sponsors
- Matt Gray (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Bob Gardner (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
Progress (from the official record)
Official summary
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Water districts - contracts - capacity in works. The act authorizes water districts, including water activity enterprises, to enter into contracts for water and the excess capacity in works such as reservoirs and transmission facilities and allows the contracts to be based on municipalities' authority to contract for water and sewer facilities. It also specifies that water conservancy districts' contracts can be for municipal and industrial use by the recipient of the water. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status timeline
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 01/16/2018 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources + Finance |
| 01/29/2018 | House | House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Finance |
| 02/07/2018 | House | House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 02/12/2018 | House | House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor |
| 02/13/2018 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 02/21/2018 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy |
| 03/01/2018 | Senate | Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 03/06/2018 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/07/2018 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 03/08/2018 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/14/2018 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 03/15/2018 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 03/15/2018 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 03/22/2018 | Governor | Governor Signed |
Recorded votes
- 03/01/2018 — Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy: “Refer House Bill 18-1073 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.” — the motion passed on a vote of 10–0.
- 02/07/2018 — House Finance: “Refer House Bill 18-1073 to the Committee of the Whole.” — the motion passed on a vote of 12–1.
- 01/29/2018 — House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources: “Refer House Bill 18-1073 to the Committee on Finance.” — the motion passed on a vote of 11–0.
Full text
- Signed Act version (official PDF), 03/22/2018
- Final Act version (official PDF), 03/15/2018
- Rerevised version (official PDF), 03/08/2018
- Revised version (official PDF), 03/06/2018
- Reengrossed version (official PDF), 02/13/2018
- Engrossed version (official PDF), 02/12/2018
- Introduced version (official PDF), 01/16/2018
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HOUSE BILL 18-1073
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gray, Arndt, Esgar, Hansen, McKean, Michaelson Jenet, Pabon, Young; also SENATOR(S) Gardner, Baumgardner, Cooke, Crowder, Jahn, Marble, Martinez Humenik, Priola, Scott, Sonnenberg, Tate, Grantham.
CONCERNING WATER DISTRICTS' ABILITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS REGARDING THEIR WATER-RELATED ASSETS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 37-45-131 as follows: 37-45-131. Sale of water by contract. The board may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the use of water OR CAPACITY IN WORKS by term contracts or by contracts for the perpetual use of such THE water OR WORKS to public corporations, DISTRICTS, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 37-45.1-102 (1), UTILITIES, persons, mutual ditch companies, water users' associations, and other private corporations for irrigation, domestic, MUNICIPAL, INDUSTRIAL, or commercial, Me OR OTHER AUTHORIZED USES as shall be provided by contracts, in writing, authorized and entered into by the board. and The board shall require that security be given to secure the payments to be made under such THE contracts, WHICH SECURITY MAY Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate deletions from existing statutes and such material not part of act.
INCLUDE THE SECURITY SPECIFIED IN SECTION 37-45-132 OR SUCH OTHER SECURITY AS THE BOARD DETERMINES TO BE APPROPRIATE. THE CONTRACTS MAY INCLUDE THE CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 31-35-402 (1)(h) AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD. SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 37-45.1-106, add (4) as follows: 37-45.1-106. Contracts. (4) A DISTRICT OR ITS WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE MAY CONTRACT WITH ANY OTHER PERSON, INCLUDING A DISTRICT OR A WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE OF ANOTHER DISTRICT, FOR THE USE OF WATER OR A WATER PROJECT OR FACILITY, WHICH CONTRACT MAY CONTAIN PROVISIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 31-35-402 (1)(h) AS DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT OR WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE. SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date applicability. (1) This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 8, 2018, if adjournment sine die is on May 9, 2018); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2018 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
(2) This act applies to conduct occurring on or after the applicable effective date of this act.
Crisanta Duran SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Kevin J. Grantham PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Marilyn Eddins CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Effie Ameen SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
APPROVED 3/22/18 3:20 PM
John W. Hickenlooper GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
Official record
View HB18-1073 on leg.colorado.gov
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