HB 22-1316 Summary

• Appropriates $380,000 for satellite monitoring system operation and maintenance, including gauging station renovation, data collection platforms, and flood forecasting efforts for the 2022-23 fiscal year.

• Allocates $500,000 for the Colorado floodplain map modernization program to assist communities with revised floodplain studies and maps.

• Appropriates $350,000 for weather modification permitting programs to assist water districts with cloud seeding for snowpack enhancement.

• Authorizes a $13,130,000 loan to the town of Breckenridge from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to rehabilitate the Goose Pasture Tarn dam on the Blue river.

• Appropriates $8,200,000 for grant-making to projects that implement the state water plan, plus allocates funding for Arkansas river decision support system, Colorado Mesonet project, water forecasting partnership, Platte river recovery implementation, Republican river matters, and other water-related programs totaling approximately $11.93 million for the 2022-23 fiscal year.