108 STAT. 688 PUBLIC LAW 103-255—MAY 19, 1994 to or greater than the amount of the obligation. Such lands shall be mutually acceptable to the Secretary and the Counties. SEC. 7. WATER RIGHTS. (a) ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT. —The water rights in existence on the date of enactment of this Act in the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery, which comprise well water and irrigation ditch rights adjudicated under the laws of the State of Colorado, together with the right to administer, maintain, access, and further develop such rights, shall be allocated and managed as follows: (1) The United States shall convey to the Counties as undivided tenants in common all rights associated with the five existing wells on the properties. (2) If the Secretary determines that water from the five existing wells is necessary to meet culinary, sanitary, or domestic uses of the existing buildings retained by the United States pursuant to section 3(a), the Counties shall make available to the United States, without charge, enough water to reasonably serve such needs and shall additionally, if requested by the United States, make every effort to cooperatively provide to the United States, without charge, commensurate with the Counties own needs on tract A, water to serve reasonable culinary, sanitary, and domestic uses of any new buildings which the United States may construct on its retained lands in the future. (3) All Federally owned irrigation ditch water rights shall be reserved by the United States. (b) MODIFICATION OF ALLOCATION.— I f the Secretary and the Counties determine the public interest will be better served thereby, they may agree to modify the precise water allocation made pursuant to this section or to enter into cooperative agreements (with or without reimbursement) to use, share, or otherwise administer such water rights and associated facilities as they determine appropriate. SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. (a) TIME REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETING TRANSFER.— If the Counties make a timely offer, pursuant to section 2(a), the transfers of lands authorized and directed by this Act shall be completed no later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary and the Counties may mutually agree to make modifications of the final boundary between tracts A and B prior to completion of the exchange authorized by this Act if such modifications are determined to better serve mutual objectives than the precise boundaries as set forth in the maps referenced in this Act. (c) TRACT A EASEMENT.— The transfer of tract A to the Counties shall be subject to the existing highway easement to the State of Colorado and to any other right, title, or interest of record. (d) VALIDITY.— If any provision of this Act or the application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and application thereof, except for the precise provision held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
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