HB 24-1435 Summary

• Appropriates $380,000 for satellite monitoring system operation and maintenance for water rights administration and data collection during fiscal year 2024-25.

• Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Colorado floodplain map modernization program to assist communities with revised floodplain studies and maps and federally sponsored activities.

• Appropriates $500,000 for weather modification permitting program to assist water districts with cloud seeding programs for snowpack enhancement.

• Transfers $2,000,000 on July 1, 2024 from the water conservation board construction fund to the litigation fund to support legal issues related to compact compliance and other litigation activities.

• Appropriates $8,077,500 for additional water projects including the Colorado Mesonet, water forecasting partnership, Upper Colorado River Commission modeling, statewide diversion telemetry, southern high plains groundwater study, and drought resilience investment.

• Authorizes loans up to $155,650,000 for the Windy Gap firming project and $101,000,000 for the Northern Integrated Supply Project from respective state funds.

• Appropriates $20,000,000 to partner with Colorado River Water Conservation District in purchasing water rights associated with the Shoshone power plant.

• Appropriates $23,300,000 for grant-making to projects implementing the state water plan.