§ 37-92-306.1 — Relation back of priority date

Colorado § 37-92-306.1

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Water Right Determination and Administration

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(1) Except in the case of
applications for adjudication of groundwater, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 37-92-306, the filing date of an application for a water right or conditional
water right involving the same source of water and derived from the same point of
diversion from the same stream as a prior application for a water right or
conditional water right filed in the preceding year by a different applicant may
relate back to the date of filing of that prior application if:

(a) The subsequent applicant timely filed a statement of opposition to the
prior application; and

(b) The subsequent application was made within sixty days of the prior
application.

Legislative History

Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1789, � 3, effective July 1.