§ 33-1-120 — Limitation on division and commission authority

Colorado § 33-1-120

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 33: Parks and
• Art.: Wildlife - General Provisions

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(1) Neither the
commission nor the division shall enter into any mitigation agreements with any
agency of the federal government relating to the transfer or exchange of land or
water condemned by the federal government without the express consent of the
general assembly.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to
prevent the commission or the division from entering into common agreements with
a federal agency pertaining to the stocking of fish or management of other wildlife
on federally owned lands.

(3) The programs of the commission and division, including the listing of
threatened and endangered species, shall not be utilized by the commission or
division to supersede, abrogate, or impair any water right. For the purposes of this
subsection (3), impair means requiring water users to forego water to which they
are entitled under a water right.

Legislative History

Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 862, � 1, effective January 1, 1985.