Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-81-104. Fee for diversion--fund created

(1)(a) To effectuate the purposes of this article, the general assembly hereby authorizes a fee of fifty dollars per acre-foot to be assessed and collected by the state engineer on water diverted, carried, stored, or transported in this state for beneficial use outside this state measured at the point of release from storage or at the point of diversion.

(b) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the state engineer by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of the fee if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402(3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of the fee is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the state engineer by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of the fee as provided in section 24-75-402(4), C.R.S.