That the provisions of the first paragraph of article XI of the Colorado River Compact, making said compact effective when it has been approved by the legislature of each of the signatory states, are hereby waived and said compact shall become binding and obligatory upon the state of Colorado and upon the other signatory states, which have ratified or may hereafter ratify it, whenever at least six of the signatory states have consented thereto and the congress of the United States has given its consent and approval, but this article shall be of no force or effect until a similar act or resolution has been passed or adopted by the legislatures of the states of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Source: L. 25: p. 525, § 1. CSA: omitted. CRS 53: § 148-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-2-3.