Colorado § 37-88-108 Control of Boss lake reservoir

Colorado Statutes

§ 37-88-108 — Control of Boss lake reservoir

Colorado·Title 37 Water and·Art. State Canals and Reservoirs

(1)The board of county commissioners of Chaffee county has charge and control of that certain state reservoir situated in said county and commonly known as the Boss lake reservoir and, without expense to the state of Colorado, other than expenses payable from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and such financial assistance or other aid as may be available to non-state-owned reservoirs, shall maintain and keep said reservoir in good condition and provide for the storage of water as contemplated in the law providing for the construction of said reservoir and also for the distribution of said water under the direction of the division engineer for the district in which said reservoir is situated, at such times as the scarcity of water in the stream known as the

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(1) The board of county
commissioners of Chaffee county has charge and control of that certain state
reservoir situated in said county and commonly known as the Boss lake reservoir
and, without expense to the state of Colorado, other than expenses payable from
the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and such financial
assistance or other aid as may be available to non-state-owned reservoirs, shall
maintain and keep said reservoir in good condition and provide for the storage of
water as contemplated in the law providing for the construction of said reservoir
and also for the distribution of said water under the direction of the division
engineer for the district in which said reservoir is situated, at such times as the
scarcity of water in the stream known as the South Arkansas demands that the
waters in said stream should be replenished; except that said waters shall be
distributed by the said division engineer pro rata without reference to the dates of
priorities of water rights and further except that the county of Chaffee shall
assume and shall be held responsible for any damages resulting from breakage of
the dam or water discharges therefrom unless the responsibility for damages has
been assumed by the upper Arkansas water conservancy district as part of the
agreement pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The board of county commissioners of Chaffee county may agree with the
upper Arkansas water conservancy district in which the Boss lake reservoir is
located for said district's assumption of the duty to control, maintain, and keep the
reservoir in good condition. The agreement may further provide for the upper
Arkansas water conservancy district to assume and be held responsible for any
damages resulting from breakage of the dam or water discharges therefrom.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 1897: p. 119, � 1. R.S. 08: � 3560. C.L. � 1957. CSA: C. 90, � 374. CRS 53: � 147-17-15. C.R.S. 1963: � 148-17-15. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1780, � 1, effective June 19.