H.B. 231

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APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Thomas Hatch
5 AN ACT RELATING TO WATER AND IRRIGATION; ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT
6 OF SENDING A COPY OF A WATER RIGHT APPLICATION TO THE APPLICANT
7 UPON APPROVAL OR REJECTION; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 73-3-10, as last amended by Chapter 137, Laws of Utah 1959
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 73-3-10 is amended to read:
13 73-3-10. Approval or rejection of application.
14 [The] (1) When the approval or rejection of an application [shall be endorsed thereon and]
15 is decided, a record of the decision shall be made [of such endorsement] in the state engineer's
16 office. [A copy of the application so endorsed]
17 (2) The state engineer's decision shall be [returned] mailed to the applicant[; if].
18 (3) If the application is approved, the applicant shall be authorized[, on] upon receipt
19 [thereof,] of the decision to:
20 (a) proceed with the construction of the necessary works [and];
21 (b) take [all] any steps required to apply the water to the use named in the application; and
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23 (c) perfect the proposed [appropriation; if] application.
24 (4) If the application is rejected, the applicant shall take no steps toward the prosecution
25 of the proposed work or the diversion and use of the public water [so long as such rejection shall
26 continue in force] under the application.
27 (5) The state engineer shall state in [his endorsement of approval] any decision approving

1 an application the time within which the construction work [shall] must be completed and [the time
2 within which] the water [shall be] applied to beneficial use.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-10-97 2:49 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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