§ 37-80-106. Appointment of Deputies
The state engineer may appoint one or more deputies to assist in the discharge of the duties of the state engineer’s office. The state engineer may deputize any person to perform a particular service, and the state engineer may revoke such appointments when, in his or her judgment, there is no further need for the […]
§ 37-80-120. Upstream Storage – Substitute Supply – Historic Natural Depletion
In every case in which the state engineer finds that water can be stored out of priority under circumstances such that the water so stored can be promptly made available to downstream senior storage appropriators in case they are unable to completely store their entire appropriative right due to insufficient water supply, the state engineer […]
§ 37-80-107. Employment of Engineers or Geologists
The state engineer may employ one or more consulting engineers, geologists, or other specialists to advise the state engineer or any division engineer concerning any diversion or proposed diversion of the waters of the state including the sufficiency of any reservoirs or other structures involved in the diversion. Source: L. 35: p. 1060, § 1. […]
§ 37-80-122. South Platte River Alluvial Aquifer Groundwater Monitoring Network
The state engineer shall, as specified in this section, design and operate a tributary groundwater monitoring network in the South Platte river alluvial aquifer, referred to in this section as the monitoring network. The objective of the monitoring network is to: Provide accurate groundwater level data to be used in scientific investigations, analyses, and decision […]
§ 37-80-108. Appoint Deputy for Special Work
The state engineer, on request of any party interested and on payment of his or her per diem charges and reasonable expenses, may appoint a deputy to measure, compute, and ascertain all necessary data of any canal, dam, reservoir, or other construction, as required or as may be desired to establish court decrees, or for […]
§ 37-80-123. Lease, Loan, or Trade of Agricultural Water Protection Water Right – Rules – Definition
As soon as practicable, the state engineer shall initiate the promulgation of rules governing the review of a substitute water supply plan pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12). In promulgating the rules, the state engineer shall follow the state engineer’s own rule-making procedures. The rules must include: Terms and conditions that the state engineer may impose […]
§ 37-80-109. State Engineer’s Authority to Contract for Services
The state engineer shall secure the limited or temporary services of persons necessary to carry out the duties or functions of the division of water resources in cases where it would be infeasible or impractical for regular state employees to perform the duties or functions, especially in the following instances: In which work is of […]
§ 37-80-110. Fees Collected by State Engineer
The state engineer shall collect fees for work done in his or her office as follows: Repealed. Repealed. Repealed. Repealed. With respect to a proposed project for a dam, for the examination and filing of each set of plans and specifications required by law to be filed in the office of the state engineer, six […]
§ 37-80-111. Fees Deposited With Department of the Treasury
At the end of each month, the sum of the fees collected during the month, as provided in section 37-80-110, shall be transmitted to the department of the treasury with a complete statement showing the amounts thus received and the sources from which they are derived, and the said amounts shall be credited to the […]
§ 37-80-111.5. Fees – Rules – Satellite Monitoring System Cash Fund – Well Inspection Cash Fund – Created
and Repealed. The state engineer shall set and collect fees by rule for the use of the equipment and programs of the satellite and telemetry-based monitoring systems authorized under section 37-80-102 (10). All such fees collected by the state engineer and any other money received from whatever source for the satellite and telemetry-based monitoring systems […]