§ 37-60-109 — Commissioner

(1) The governor from time to time, with the
approval of the board, shall appoint a commissioner, who shall represent the state
of Colorado upon joint commissions to be composed of commissioners representing
the state of Colorado and another state or other states for the purpose of
negotiating and entering into compacts or agreements between said states, with
the consent of the congress when necessary, ascertaining and declaring the
authority, interest, or right of the several signatory states, or any of them, over, in,
and to interstate waters, all to the end that such waters may be used and disposed
of by the several states and their respective citizens in accordance with an
equitable apportionment or division thereof made between the signatory states by
the terms of the compact or agreement; except that any compact or agreement so
entered into on behalf of said states shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of
said states or the citizens thereof until the same has been ratified and approved by
the legislatures of all of said signatory states and by the congress of the United
States when necessary.

(2) The board shall furnish such commissioners with such legal, engineering,
clerical, and other assistants as the board may deem advisable and necessary, all
legal assistants to be employed with the consent of the attorney general. Such
commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the governor at a compensation to be
fixed by him. The compensation of the legal, engineering, and other assistants of
said commissioners shall be fixed by the board, and all such compensation and
necessary traveling expenses of such commissioners and their assistants shall be
paid out of the funds appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this article.

Legislative History

Source: L. 37: p. 1303, � 9. CSA: C. 173B, � 9. CRS 53: � 148-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 149-1-9.