1998 Nov 3 :: State of Colorado :: Constitutional AmendmentPayments for Water by the Rio Grande Water Conservation District See summary »

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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 fees 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, Saguache, 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 interest at eighteen percent on late payments; requiring the Rio Grande Water Conservation District to assess those 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 addition to monies made available for public school children and shall not be considered by the general assembly when determining such amount.

1998 Nov 3 :: State of Colorado :: Constitutional AmendmentPayments for Water by the Rio Grande Water Conservation District See summary »

Ballot Question Results

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County
Yes
No
Registered Voters Blank Votes Total Votes Cast Total Ballots Cast
Totals
 
297,872
931,566
2,285,308
130,881
1,229,438
1,360,319
Adams
 
23,183
55,545
150,501
6,299
78,728
85,027
Alamosa
 
90
4,914
6,526
53
5,004
5,057
Arapahoe
 
41,424
95,152
270,190
26,514
136,576
163,090
Archuleta
 
545
2,547
5,200
252
3,092
3,344
Baca
 
185
1,718
3,125
128
1,903
2,031
Bent
 
291
1,586
3,076
140
1,877
2,017
Boulder
 
23,969
73,780
186,575
9,748
97,749
107,497
Chaffee
 
549
5,481
8,229
237
6,030
6,267
Cheyenne
 
170
912
1,519
92
1,082
1,174
Clear Creek
 
900
2,690
6,265
415
3,590
4,005
Conejos
 
99
3,531
4,431
48
3,630
3,678
Costilla
 
108
1,410
2,334
2
1,518
1,520
Crowley
 
144
1,068
1,989
107
1,212
1,319
Custer
 
170
1,346
2,277
80
1,516
1,596
Delta
 
1,274
8,254
15,771
308
9,528
9,836
Denver
 
42,015
103,154
314,589
18,826
145,169
163,995
Dolores
 
108
650
1,063
117
758
875
Douglas
 
15,462
33,452
71,987
4,160
48,914
53,074
Eagle
 
2,656
5,640
19,136
1,285
8,296
9,581
El Paso
 
26,509
105,243
257,067
12,489
131,752
144,241
Elbert
 
1,364
5,068
9,957
246
6,432
6,678
Fremont
 
1,552
10,678
22,945
681
12,230
12,911
Garfield
 
2,370
8,828
21,816
1,539
11,198
12,737
Gilpin
 
331
1,315
2,743
93
1,646
1,739
Grand
 
965
3,012
7,681
330
3,977
4,307
Gunnison
 
918
4,074
9,608
479
4,992
5,471
Hinsdale
 
44
354
730
14
398
412
Huerfano
 
394
2,066
4,403
245
2,460
2,705
Jackson
 
60
710
1,192
52
770
822
Jefferson
 
47,692
125,101
295,485
18,860
172,793
191,653
Kiowa
 
91
838
1,160
55
929
984
Kit Carson
 
450
2,608
4,538
190
3,058
3,248
La Plata
 
1,330
7,481
26,739
977
8,811
9,788
Lake
 
469
1,727
3,808
128
2,196
2,324
Larimer
 
22,087
58,280
136,955
6,502
80,367
86,869
Las Animas
 
598
4,162
8,480
181
4,760
4,941
Lincoln
 
318
1,580
2,766
115
1,898
2,013
Logan
 
975
5,473
9,911
652
6,448
7,100
Mesa
 
5,332
32,604
64,552
2,315
37,936
40,251
Mineral
 
12
451
602
24
463
487
Moffat
 
574
3,656
7,826
170
4,230
4,400
Montezuma
 
997
6,073
12,531
485
7,070
7,555
Montrose
 
1,256
9,037
18,246
1,051
10,293
11,344
Morgan
 
1,444
6,378
12,450
375
7,822
8,197
Otero
 
672
5,269
11,379
327
5,941
6,268
Ouray
 
233
1,089
2,561
177
1,322
1,499
Park
 
988
3,770
8,178
243
4,758
5,001
Phillips
 
228
1,708
2,825
100
1,936
2,036
Pitkin
 
1,401
3,274
10,773
968
4,675
5,643
Prowers
 
556
3,438
6,904
271
3,994
4,265
Pueblo
 
5,783
37,681
80,004
2,876
43,464
46,340
Rio Blanco
 
327
2,178
4,054
159
2,505
2,664
Rio Grande
 
90
4,647
6,253
104
4,737
4,841
Routt
 
1,360
4,893
12,415
649
6,253
6,902
Saguache
 
135
2,100
3,064
3
2,235
2,238
San Juan
 
58
256
567
46
314
360
San Miguel
 
453
1,583
4,408
326
2,036
2,362
Sedgwick
 
131
1,040
1,707
83
1,171
1,254
Summit
 
1,426
4,630
12,990
3,815
6,056
9,871
Teller
 
1,331
5,010
11,521
491
6,341
6,832
Washington
 
311
1,753
3,224
405
2,064
2,469
Weld
 
10,435
34,288
77,712
2,489
44,723
47,212
Yuma
 
480
3,332
5,795
290
3,812
4,102
Totals
 
297,872
931,566
2,285,308
130,881
1,229,438
1,360,319