Cleave Simpson
- Republican
- Senator
- District 6
Primary
The act creates the groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund (fund) to help finance groundwater use reduction and sustainability efforts in the Rio Grande river basin and the Republican river basin, such as efforts to buy and retire irrigation wells and irrigated acreage in the river basins. The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers the fund and can make expenditures from the fund based on recommendations from the board of directors of the Rio Grande water conservation district or the Republican river water conservation district. A conservation district's recommendations must first be approved by the state engineer. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $60 million is appropriated from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the fund and, on August 15, 2024, up to $20 million of any unobligated money in the fund is transferred to the water plan implementation account, which account the board administers to finance efforts to help accomplish critical actions identified in the state water plan. The board and any recipient of money from the fund or the account must comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements that the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller establish for use of money allocated to the state pursuant to the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (05/23/2022) | |
| Final Act (05/16/2022) | |
| Rerevised (04/29/2022) | |
| Revised (04/27/2022) | |
| Reengrossed (02/17/2022) | |
| Engrossed (02/15/2022) | |
| Introduced (01/12/2022) | |
| PA1 (04/27/2022) | |
| PA2 (04/27/2022) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (04/26/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (01/17/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (08/18/2022) |
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