There is hereby created a water conservation district to be known and designated as 'Rio Grande Water Conservation District' when the governor declares, pursuant to section 37-48-121, that such district is formed. Such district is hereby declared to be a body corporate under the laws of Colorado. Said district shall comprise the counties of Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande and those portions of Saguache and Mineral counties which are within the drainage basin of the Rio Grande river and its tributaries, including the closed basin thereof.L. 67: p. 664, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-2.
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