SB23-177 · Bill · 2023 Regular Session · Colorado

2023 Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Projects Appropriations

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Concerning the funding of Colorado water conservation board projects, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

Official status: Became Law

Prime sponsors

• Dylan Roberts (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
• Cleave Simpson (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
• Karen McCormick (House) — Prime Sponsor
• Marc Catlin (House) — Prime Sponsor

Progress (from the official record)

Official summary

Official text — shown in English exactly as published by the official source. The official text controls.

The act appropriates the following amounts for the 2023-24 state fiscal year from the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB) construction fund to the CWCB or the division of water resources in the department of natural resources for the following projects: Continuation of the satellite monitoring system, $380,000; Continuation of the floodplain map modernization program, $500,000; Continuation of the weather modification permitting program, $500,000; Continuation of the watershed restoration program, $500,000; Continuation of the Colorado Mesonet project, $150,000; Continuation of the weather forecasting partnership project, $1,000,000; Support for the division of water resources mobile field data collection application project, $800,000; Continuation of the reservoir enlargement assessment project, $1,000,000; Support for the central Colorado water conservancy district augmentation efficiency project, $3,000,000; and Support for the state water plan advancement project, $2,000,000. The act directs the state treasurer to transfer the following amounts on July 1, 2023, from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the CWCB construction fund, and appropriates those amounts from the CWCB construction fund to the CWCB for the following projects: Continuation of the Platte river recovery implementation program, $19,000,000; Support for the upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program and the San Juan river basin recovery implementation program, $15,000,000; and Additional and continued support for the Frying Pan - Arkansas project, $20,000,000. The act directs the state treasurer to transfer the following amounts from the CWCB construction fund on July 1, 2023: $2,000,000 to restore the fish and wildlife resources fund; Up to $2,000,000 to the CWCB litigation fund to assist in addressing legal issues associated with compact compliance and other litigation activities; and $2,000,000 to the water plan implementation cash fund for continuation of the water plan implementation grant program. The act appropriates $25,200,000 of sports betting revenues from the water plan implementation cash fund to the CWCB to fund grants that will help implement the state water plan. The act appropriates $8,000,000 from the wildlife cash fund to the division of parks and wildlife to purchase up to 924 acre-feet of orphan shares from the CWCB as part of the Chatfield reservoir reallocation project. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status timeline

Recorded votes

• 04/21/2023 — House Appropriations: “Refer Senate Bill 23-177, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.” — the motion passed on a vote of 11–0.
• 04/17/2023 — House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources: “Refer Senate Bill 23-177 to the Committee on Appropriations.” — the motion passed on a vote of 11–0.
• 04/06/2023 — Senate Appropriations: “Refer Senate Bill 23-177, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.” — the motion passed on a vote of 7–0.
• 03/23/2023 — Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources: “Refer Senate Bill 23-177, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.” — the motion passed on a vote of 7–0.

Full text

• Signed Act version (official PDF), 06/05/2023
• Final Act version (official PDF), 05/08/2023
• Rerevised version (official PDF), 04/24/2023
• Revised version (official PDF), 04/21/2023
• Reengrossed version (official PDF), 04/10/2023
• Engrossed version (official PDF), 04/06/2023
• Introduced version (official PDF), 03/03/2023

Official record

View SB23-177 on leg.colorado.gov

Source: Colorado General Assembly (leg.colorado.gov) · Data as of 2026-10-27