Colorado § 37-80-101 - State engineer.
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§ 37-80-101. State engineer.
Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the governor shall appoint a state engineer. The office of the state engineer must be located within the state capitol complex. The state engineer shall be provided the resources, including an operating budget, necessary to discharge the duties of the office.
Source: L. 1889: p. 371, § 1. R.S. 08: § 3321. C.L. § 1803. CSA: C. 90, § 201. CRS 53: § 147-11-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 139, § 1, effective August 9.
Cross references: For the state personnel system, see § 13 of art. XII, Colo. Const., and article 50 of title 24.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Recent Developments in Colorado Groundwater Law", see 58 Den. L.J. 801 (1981).
This section and the following sections provide for the appointment of a state engineer and define his duties. Whitten v. Coit, 153 Colo. 157, 385 P.2d 131 (1963).
The governor could appoint a state hydraulic engineer under general statutes of 1883, section 1807, by his own act, and without the advice and consent of the senate, the power to appoint being expressly conferred and such advice and consent not being required. In re Question Propounded by Governor, 12 Colo. 399, 21 P. 488 (1888).
This section and the following sections were not designed or intended to apply to wells drawing water from a closed artesian basin from a supply which is not tributary to any stream. Whitten v. Coit, 153 Colo. 157, 385 P.2d 131 (1963).
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