H.B. 231 Enrolled

APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Thomas Hatch
AN ACT RELATING TO WATER AND IRRIGATION; ELIMINATING THE
REQUIREMENT OF SENDING A COPY OF A WATER RIGHT APPLICATION TO
THE APPLICANT UPON APPROVAL OR REJECTION; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CHANGES.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
73-3-10, as last amended by Chapter 137, Laws of Utah 1959
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 73-3-10 is amended to read:
73-3-10. Approval or rejection of application.
[The] (1) When the approval or rejection of an application [shall be endorsed thereon and]
is decided, a record of the decision shall be made [of such endorsement] in the state engineer's
office. [A copy of the application so endorsed]
(2) The state engineer's decision shall be [returned] mailed to the applicant[; if].
(3) If the application is approved, the applicant shall be authorized[, on] upon receipt
[thereof,] of the decision to:
(a) proceed with the construction of the necessary works [and];
(b) take [all] any steps required to apply the water to the use named in the application; and
[to]
(c) perfect the proposed [appropriation; if] application.
(4) If the application is rejected, the applicant shall take no steps toward the prosecution
of the proposed work or the diversion and use of the public water [so long as such rejection shall
continue in force] under the application.
(5) The state engineer shall state in [his endorsement of approval] any decision approving
an application the time within which the construction work [shall] must be completed and [the

time within which] the water [shall be] applied to beneficial use.

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