1998 Nov 3 :: State of Colorado :: State Measure 16Amendment (Constitutional) - Payment by Conservation See summary »

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Summary

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution requiring the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, which is located in whole or in part in Conejos, Alamosa, Rio Grande, Mineral, and Saguache counties, to pay less for all water that has been, is being, or will in the future be pumped from aquifers underlying state trust lands pursuant to Water Decree W-3038 in Water Division 3 (including all or part of Conejos, Alamosa, Rio Grande, Mineral, Aguache, and Costilla counties) for purposes of the "Closed Basin Project", and, in connection therewith, setting such fees at thirty dollars per acre-foot, payable to the state's public school fund, and ten dollars per acre-foot, payable to the school districts in Water Division 3. Based upon the State Department of Education's student count for such districts; directing the State Auditor to determine the amounts of such fees payable each year and requiring payment of such amounts within thirty days after such determination, subject to the interest at eighteen percent on late payments, requiring the Rio Grande Water Conservation District to assess more irrigators with water rights in the Rio Grande River, in proportion to their water right, an amount equal to the amount of water used and attributable to the water pumped from beneath such state trust lands; and providing that monies paid to the school districts in Water Division 3 shall be in additional to monies made available for public school children and what not not be considered by the general assembly when determining such amount?

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1998 Nov 3 :: State of Colorado :: State Measure 16Amendment (Constitutional) - Payment by Conservation See summary »

Ballot Question Results

View results as: # | %  
Precinct
Yes
No
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
1,771
10,546
12,317
Absentee
 
441
3,065
3,506
1
 
43
179
222
2
 
35
172
207
3
 
50
159
209
4
 
49
285
334
5
 
23
220
243
6
 
50
329
379
7
 
52
238
290
8
 
52
268
320
9
 
30
248
278
10
 
37
176
213
11
 
43
405
448
12
 
55
221
276
13
 
52
304
356
14
 
56
250
306
15
 
27
103
130
16
 
36
175
211
17
 
66
253
319
18
 
79
431
510
19
 
49
306
355
20
 
41
202
243
21
 
46
347
393
22
 
51
386
437
23
 
33
339
372
24
 
57
266
323
25
 
9
129
138
26
 
85
312
397
27
 
12
70
82
28
 
40
271
311
29
 
42
245
287
30
 
30
192
222
Totals
 
1,771
10,546
12,317