Title 73 Water and Irrigation Chapter 4 Determination of Water Rights Section 2 Interstate streams.
73-4-2.Interstate streams.
For the purpose of co-operating with the state engineers of adjoining states in the
determination and administration of rights to interstate waters and for such other purposes as he
may deem expedient, the state engineer, with the approval of the executive director and the
governor, is authorized to initiate and to join in suits for the adjudication of such rights in the
federal courts and in the courts of other states without requiring a petition of water users as
provided by Section 73-4-1. The state engineer, with the approval of the executive director and
the governor, may also commence, prosecute and defend suits to adjudicate interstate waters on
behalf of this state or its citizens in the courts of other states, in federal courts, and in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Amended by Chapter 198, 1969 General Session
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