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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The department of natural resources consists of the following commissions, divisions, boards, offices, and councils:
(a) The Colorado water conservation board;
(b) Deleted by laws 2000, Ch. 152, § 4, eff. July 1, 2000.
(c) The state board of land commissioners, subject to the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of article IX of the state constitution;
(d) The division of reclamation, mining, and safety, the head of which shall be the director of the division of reclamation, mining, and safety. The director of the division shall also serve as the head of the office of active and inactive mines or the office of mined land reclamation. The director of the division shall have professional and supervisory experience in mining, reclamation, oil and gas, geology, or natural resource planning and management and shall have a college degree from an accredited college or university in mining engineering, petroleum engineering, geological engineering, geology, or related natural/physical sciences, or mineral economics. The division shall consist of the following sections:
(I) Deleted by Laws 1992, H.B.92-1223, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992.
(II) The office of active and inactive mines;
(III) Repealed by Laws 1975, S.B.453, § 48.
(IV) Repealed by Laws 1977, S.B.522, § 37.
(V) The office of mined land reclamation.
(VI) Deleted by Laws 2005, Ch. 311, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
(VII) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 307, § 5, eff. May 22, 2003.
(e) The division of water resources, the head of which shall be the state engineer. The division shall consist of the following sections:
(I) The office of the state engineer;
(II) The division engineers;
(III) The ground water commission;
(IV) The state board of examiners of water well construction and pump installation contractors.
(V) Repealed by Laws 1991, H.B.91-1065, § 7.
(f) The energy and carbon management commission created in section 34-60-104.3(1);
(g) Repealed by Laws 2012, Ch. 247, § 4, eff. Jan. 31, 2013.
(h) The division of parks and wildlife and the parks and wildlife commission;
(i) Deleted by Laws 2011, Ch. 293, § 4, eff. July 1, 2011.
(j) Deleted by Laws 1992, H.B.92-1223, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992.
(k) The division of forestry.
(2) Repealed by Laws 1988, S.B.162, § 16.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-33-104. Composition of the department - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-33-104/
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