H.B. 51
         WATER RIGHT FORFEITURE PROTECTION

house committee Amendments

Amendment 1 January 22, 2008 7:40 pm



Representative Michael Noel proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 64 through 65 :    

             64          [(c) any other owner of]
  (C)            {   [   } a community      {   ]   }      {   (C) a public   } water system[.]      {   , as defined in

             65      Section 19-4-102  
}
  :

    (I) that supplies water to at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents; and
    (II) whose voting members:
    (A)(a) hold a share in the community water system;
    (B)(b) receive water from the community water system in proportion to the member's share in the community water system; and
    (C)(c) pay the rate set by the community water system based on the water the member receives  
; or


2.    Page 5, Lines 134 through 135 :    

             134          (f)
  (i)       The reasonable future water requirement of the public is the amount of water

             135      needed in the next
{   30   }        40       years by the persons within the public water supplier's projected service


3.    Page 5, Lines 136 through 137 :    

             136      area based on projected population growth or other water use demand.
    
  (ii) A community water system shall record the community water system's projected service area with the county recorder of the county in which the service area is located.      

             137          [(4)] (3) (a) The state engineer shall furnish [an] a nonuse application form requiring


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