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H.B. 73

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WATER EASEMENT AMENDMENTS

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: John G. Mathis

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Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill establishes a procedure for the holder of a prescriptive easement for a water
             10      conveyance to abandon all or part of the prescriptive easement.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    establishes a procedure for the holder of a prescriptive easement for a water
             14      conveyance to abandon all or part of the prescriptive easement.
             15      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             16          None
             17      Other Special Clauses:
             18          None
             19      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             20      ENACTS:
             21          57-13a-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             23      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             24          Section 1. Section 57-13a-104 is enacted to read:
             25          57-13a-104. Abandonment of prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
             26          (1) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
             27      Section 57-13a-102 may, in accordance with this section, abandon all or part of the easement.


             28          (2) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
             29      Section 57-13a-102 who seeks to abandon the easement or part of the easement shall:
             30          (a) in each county where the easement or part of the easement is located:
             31          (i) file in the office of the county recorder a notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive
             32      easement that describes the easement or part of the easement to be abandoned; and
             33          (ii) publish the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement in a newspaper of
             34      general circulation once a week for two consecutive weeks;
             35          (b) post copies of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement in three
             36      public places located within the area generally served by the water conveyance that utilizes the
             37      easement;
             38          (c) mail a copy of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement to each
             39      municipal and county government where the easement or part of the easement is located;
             40          (d) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 , publish a copy of the notice of intent to
             41      abandon the prescriptive easement on the public legal notice website described in Subsection
             42      45-1-101 (2)(b); and
             43          (e) after meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(a), (b), (c), and (d) and at least 45
             44      days after the last day on which the holder of the easement publishes the notice of intent to
             45      abandon the prescriptive easement in accordance with Subsection (2)(a)(ii), file in the office of
             46      the county recorder for each county where the easement or part of the easement is located a
             47      notice of abandonment that contains the same description required by Subsection (2)(a)(i).
             48          (3) (a) Upon completion of the requirements described in Subsection (2) by the holder
             49      of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under Section 57-13a-102 :
             50          (i) all interest to the easement or part of the easement abandoned by the holder of the
             51      easement is extinguished; and
             52          (ii) subject to each legal right that exists as described in Subsection (3)(b), the owner of
             53      a servient estate whose land was encumbered by the easement or part of the easement
             54      abandoned may reclaim the land area occupied by the former easement or part of the easement
             55      and resume full utilization of the land without liability to the former holder of the easement.
             56          (b) Abandonment of a prescriptive easement under this section does not affect a legal
             57      right to have water delivered or discharged through the water conveyance and easement
             58      established by a person other than the holder of the easement who abandons an easement as


             59      provided in this section.




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