Colorado § 33-1-120 - Limitation on division and commission authority.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 33-1-120 — Limitation on division and commission authority., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-1-120. Limitation on division and commission authority.
(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.
Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 862, § 1, effective January 1, 1985.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 33-1-113 as it existed prior to 1984.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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