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H.B. 143 Enrolled

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ADMINISTRATION OF INTERSTATE WATER

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2008 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Melvin R. Brown

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Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. VanTassell

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill authorizes the state engineer to administer an interstate water source.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    authorizes the state engineer to:
             13              .    enter into an agreement with another state regarding an interstate surface water
             14      source; and
             15              .    implement an agreement with another state to regulate, distribute, and administer
             16      an interstate surface water source.
             17      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      ENACTS:
             23          73-2-29, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 73-2-29 is enacted to read:
             27          73-2-29. Agreement with another state -- Regulation, distribution, and
             28      administration of interstate water.
             29          (1) The state engineer, after receiving approval from the executive director of the


             30      Department of Natural Resources and the governor, may enter into an agreement with another
             31      state to regulate, distribute, and administer the water from an interstate surface water source
             32      that is not otherwise subject to an interstate compact.
             33          (2) The state engineer may coordinate with another state to implement:
             34          (a) the terms of an agreement entered into according to Subsection (1); and
             35          (b) an interstate compact that regulates, distributes, or administers an interstate surface
             36      water source.


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