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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-306.1 (2026)

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(1) Except in the case of applications for adjudication of groundwater, notwithstanding the provisions of section 37-92-306, the filing date of an application for a water right or conditional water right involving the same source of water and derived from the same point of diversion from the same stream as a prior application for a water right or conditional water right filed in the preceding year by a different applicant may relate back to the date of filing of that prior application if: (a) The subsequent applicant timely filed a statement of opposition to the prior application; and (b) The subsequent application was made within sixty days of the prior application.

Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1789, § 3, effective July 1.

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Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: United States v. Bell, 724 P.2d 631 (Colo. 1986).
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United States v. Bell, 724 P.2d 631 (Colo. 1986). · cites it 4× “The objector also asserts that the General Assembly’s addition in 1981 of section 37-92-306.1, 15 C.R.S. (1985 Supp.”
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