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- The board shall develop minimum criteria and guidelines for the establishment of an agricultural water protection program in water division 1 or 2 pursuant to section 37-92-305 (19)(b)(IV)(B) to assure sufficient protection and monitoring of agricultural water protection water rights pursuant to section 37-92-305 (19)(b)(III).
- The board may promulgate separate minimum criteria and guidelines for each water division.
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- Until finalization of the criteria and guidelines, the board shall post and periodically update draft criteria and guidelines on its website.
- The board shall consider any comments it receives on the draft criteria and guidelines and, upon the request of an eligible entity, as defined in section 37-92-305 (19)(c), the board shall hold a meeting with the eligible entity to receive the eligible entity’s comments.
- The board shall hold at least one public meeting in each water division to present the draft criteria and guidelines and receive comments on them.
- The board shall finalize the criteria and guidelines within one year after initiating the process to develop criteria and guidelines.
- As used in this section, “agricultural water protection water right” has the same meaning as in section 37-92-305 (19)(a).
Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1228), ch. 175, p. 598, § 1, effective August 10.