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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Agriculture
Article 49. Livestock Water Tanks

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Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Livestock Water Tank Act of Colorado".

Source: L. 41: p. 525, § 1. CSA: C. 160, § 226. CRS 53: § 8-17-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 817-1.

  1. Legislative declaration. It is the policy of the state of Colorado to encourage and improve range conditions for livestock within its borders through the construction of watering tanks, to provide a system of priorities of right of use thereof, and to protect adjudicated water rights and the public interest by providing an official record and reasonable public supervision of such watering tanks.

Source: L. 41: p. 525, § 2. CSA: C. 160, § 227. CRS 53: § 8-17-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 817-2.

  1. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Livestock water tanks" includes all reservoirs created by dams constructed after April 17, 1941, on watercourses, the channels of which are normally dry as determined by the state engineer, having a capacity not exceeding ten acre feet and a vertical height not exceeding fifteen feet from the bottom of the channel to the bottom of the spillway to be used for stock watering purposes.

Source: L. 41: p. 525, § 4. CSA: C. 160, § 229. CRS 53: § 8-17-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 817-4.


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