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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-202 (2026)

Division engineers

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(1) (a) The state engineer, with the approval of the executive director of the department of natural resources, shall appoint one division engineer for each division. The division engineers are allocated to the division of water resources as a section of the division. The division engineers are type 1 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105. Each division engineer must be a licensed professional engineer and must have such additional qualifications as may be specified from time to time by the state engineer. The state engineer, with the approval of said executive director, may employ such assistants and staff members as are necessary to enable each division engineer to carry out the division engineer's duties.

(b) Each division engineer shall reside in his division, and the offices of the various division engineers shall be maintained in the following locations:

Division 1 Greeley Division 2 Pueblo Division 3 Alamosa Division 4 Montrose Division 5 Glenwood Springs Division 6 Steamboat Springs Division 7 Durango

(2) The division engineers shall perform such functions as are specified in this article and other laws and such functions as may be specified in written instructions and orders issued to them or to any one of them from time to time by the state engineer.

(3) With the approval of the state engineer, each division engineer may establish one or more field offices within his division and may appoint as a member of his staff a water commissioner for each such office.

(4) The expenses of the offices and staffs of the division engineers shall be provided for out of state funds. (5) To the extent required by the constitution and laws of Colorado, appointments under this section shall be subject and pursuant to the state personnel system.

Source: L. 69: p. 1203, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-9. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1316, § 70, effective May 28. L. 2022: (1)(a) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3411, § 171, effective August 10.

Cross references: For the short title (the "Debbie Haskins 'Administrative Organization Act of 1968' Moderization Act") in SB 22-162, see section 1 of chapter 469, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1996 · leading case: City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996).
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City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996). · cites it 3× “It should be noted that § 37-92-202, 15 C.R.S. (1990), provides that “[t]he expenses of the offices and staffs of the division engineers shall be provided for out of state funds.”
Bar 70 Enter., Inc. v. Tosco Corp., 703 P.2d 1297 (Colo. 1985). “The statutory responsibility of division engineers must be carried out in accordance with the constitution of the state of Colorado, applicable statutory law, and the “written instructions and orders of the state engineer.”
People ex rel. Hal D. v. Nine Mile Canal Co., 828 F. Supp. 823 (D. Colo. 1993). · cites it 2× “Colo.Rev.Stat. § 37-92-203 (1990 Repl.Vol.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-202(2) — 2 cases
Bar 70 Enter., Inc. v. Tosco Corp., 703 P.2d 1297 (Colo. 1985). “The statutory responsibility of division engineers must be carried out in accordance with the constitution of the state of Colorado, applicable statutory law, and the “written instructions and orders of the state engineer.”
People ex rel. Hal D. v. Nine Mile Canal Co., 828 F. Supp. 823 (D. Colo. 1993). “Colo.Rev.Stat. § 37-92-203 (1990 Repl.Vol.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-202(4) — 1 case
City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996). “It should be noted that § 37-92-202, 15 C.R.S. (1990), provides that “[t]he expenses of the offices and staffs of the division engineers shall be provided for out of state funds.”
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