Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-32-101 (2026)

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act".

Source: L. 76: Entire article R&RE, p. 724, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 34-32-101 as it existed prior to 1976.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1983–2007 · leading case: Hecla Mining Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 811 P.2d 1083 (Colo. 1991).
Hecla Mining Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 811 P.2d 1083 (Colo. 1991). · cites it 2× “The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101, 14 C.R.S. (1984), expresses the General Assembly's intent to "aid in the protection of wildlife and aquatic resources .”
Mt. Emmons Mining Co. v. Town of Crested Butte, 690 P.2d 231 (Colo. 1984). · cites it 2× “), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, §§ 34-32-101 to -125, 14 C.R.S. (1984); it unlawfully impaired AMAX’s right to appropriate water and thus violated article XVI, sections 5 and 6 of the Colorado Constitution; it resulted in a taking of property without just…”
State v. Sw. Colorado Water Conservation Dist., 671 P.2d 1294 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 2× “In addition, the general assembly has recognized the beneficial nature of both land reclamation and dust control in other statutory enactments.”
Aztec Minerals Corp. v. Romer, 940 P.2d 1025 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Section 34-32-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1995 Repl.”
Three Bells Ranch Assocs. v. Cache La Poudre Water Users Ass'n, 758 P.2d 164 (Colo. 1988). “See Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, §§ 34-32-101 to -126, 14 C.R.S. (1984 & 1987 Supp.”
Colorado State Bd. of Land Commissioners v. Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Bd., 809 P.2d 974 (Colo. 1991). “On July 1, 1976, a few years after the leases were issued, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act (Reclamation Act), §§ 34-32-101 to -125, 14 C.R.S. (1984), went into effect.”
Keith v. Kinney, 140 P.3d 141 (Colo. Ct. App. 2005). “The Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101, et seq., C.R.S.2005, was adopted in the 1970s.”
C & M Sand & Gravel, Div. of C & M Ready Mix Concrete Co. of Boulder v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 673 P.2d 1013 (Colo. Ct. App. 1983). “1973 (the Preservation Act), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101, et seq., C.R.S.1973 (the Reclamation Act), as effective in 1980, from prohibiting mining operations by means of special use review procedure under the county zoning resolution.”
Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. v. Simpson, 877 P.2d 335 (Colo. 1994). “We also concluded that sand and gravel mining permits issued pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, §§ 34-32-101 to - 127, 14 C.R.S. (1984 & 1993 Supp.”
Zigan Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Cache La Poudre Water Users Ass'n, 758 P.2d 175 (Colo. 1988). “In 1980 it applied to the Mined Land Reclamation Board for a permit to mine sand and gravel from a site in Adams County pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, sections 34-32-101 to -126, 14 C.R.S. (1984 & 1987 Supp.”
Oborne v. Cnty. Com'rs of Douglas Cty., 764 P.2d 397 (Colo. Ct. App. 1989). “1983), which determined a county’s zoning authority in light of the Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1984 Repl.Vol.”
Cheney v. State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Bd., 826 P.2d 367 (Colo. Ct. App. 1991). “” And, neither the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1990 Cum.Supp.”
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