The general assembly hereby ratifies the compact among the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona, designated as the “Upper Colorado river basin compact” and signed in the city of Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, on the 11th day of October, A. D. 1948, by Clifford H. Stone, commissioner for the state […]
Said compact shall not become operative unless and until the same has been ratified by the legislatures of each of the signatory states and consented to by the congress of the United States. The governor of the state of Colorado shall give notice of the ratification of said compact to the governors of the states […]
It is hereby recognized, found, determined, and declared that the compact creates an interstate agency which is known as the upper Colorado river commission and which is an independent entity whose members and employees are not officers and employees of any of the states signatory to the compact. Source: L. 49: p. 516, § 3. […]
After the said compact becomes effective, the Colorado member of the upper Colorado river commission shall be appointed by the governor, and shall serve until revocation of his appointment by the governor, and, on behalf of the upper Colorado river commission, the state of Colorado shall pay his necessary expenses and also compensation in an […]
The Colorado share of the expenses of the upper Colorado river commission and the expenses and the compensation of the Colorado member of that commission shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the general assembly to the Colorado water conservation board and warrants shall be drawn against such appropriations upon vouchers signed by the […]
The provisions of articles 2, 3, 31, 35, and 36 of title 24, C.R.S., shall be inapplicable to any acts or proceedings taken to carry out the purpose of said compact. Source: L. 49: p. 516, § 6. CSA: C. 90, § 64(6). CRS 53: § 148-8-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-8-6.
