2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water and Irrigation
Water Rights and Irrigation
Article 80 - State Engineer
§ 37-80-109. State engineer's authority to contract for services

(1) The state engineer shall secure the limited or temporary services of persons necessary to implement carrying out the duties or functions of the division of water resources in those cases where performance by regular state employees is infeasible or impractical and more especially in the following instances:

(a) In which work is of such a nature as to require such special training or aptitudes and is of such limited application that the full-time regular employment normally expected of state employees would be unduly expensive;

(b) In nonrecurring situations of such limited duration as to make the use of regular employees infeasible where the situation can be concluded within a reasonable time by the securing of special assistants but could not be concluded without such assistance so as to fulfill the proper functions of the division of water resources;

(c) To meet emergencies which reasonable foresight could not have anticipated;

(d) To furnish services which may be required by the state engineer of those dealing with his office and who will fully reimburse the state engineer for the services.

(2) During any period when there are more hearings or determinations before the state engineer and the division engineers than can be acted upon promptly, the state engineer shall employ and maintain adequate personnel to assist him and the division engineers in arriving at required determinations. Such personnel may be regular employees or, in those cases falling within the purview of subsection (1) of this section, may be temporary employees on a contract basis and may perform their work jointly or severally as directed by the state engineer.

(3) In the same manner as is provided for a hearings section in subsection (2) of this section, the state engineer may provide personnel as required to adequately staff any water conservation project provided for by law.

(4) The state engineer shall provide appropriate personnel for keeping records and making investigations respecting the performance of the functions of his office and shall provide similar personnel to function under the general direction of his office in the offices of each of the division engineers.