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H.B. 39

This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:39 AM by rday. -->              1     

WATER RIGHTS AMENDMENTS

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jack R. Draxler

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Senate Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      Committee Note:
             9          The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
             10      recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill addresses water rights applications.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    eliminates a provision referring to forfeiture of a water right application;
             16          .    changes a reference concerning exceptions to application-based priority dates for
             17      water rights; and
             18          .    makes technical changes.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25          73-3-18, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1959, Chapter 137
             26     
             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


             28          Section 1. Section 73-3-18 is amended to read:
             29           73-3-18. Lapse of application -- Notice -- Reinstatement -- Priorities --
             30      Assignment of application -- Filing and recording -- Constructive notice -- Effect of
             31      failure to record.
             32          (1) When an application lapses for failure of the applicant to comply with [the
             33      provisions of this title] this title's provisions or the state engineer's order [of the state engineer],
             34      notice of [such lapsing] the lapse shall [forthwith] promptly be given to the applicant by regular
             35      mail.
             36          (2) Within 60 days after [such] notice of a lapse described in Subsection (1), the state
             37      engineer may, upon a showing of reasonable cause, reinstate the application with the date of
             38      priority changed to the date of reinstatement.
             39          (3) The original priority date of a lapsed [or forfeited] application [shall] may not be
             40      reinstated, except upon a showing of fraud or mistake of the state engineer.
             41          (4) The priority of an application shall be determined by the date of receiving the
             42      written application in the state engineer's office, except as provided in Section [ 73-3-17 ]
             43      73-3-12 and as [herein] provided in this section. [Prior to]
             44          (5) Before issuance of a certificate of appropriation, rights claimed under applications
             45      for the appropriation of water may be transferred or assigned by instruments in writing. [Such
             46      instruments,]
             47          (6) An instrument transferring or assigning a right described in Subsection (5), when
             48      acknowledged or proved and certified in the manner provided by law for the
             49      [acknowledgement] acknowledgment or proving of conveyances of real estate, may be filed in
             50      the office of the state engineer and shall from time of filing [of same in said office] impart
             51      notice to all persons of the contents thereof.
             52          (7) Every assignment of an application [which shall not be] that is not S. [ recorded ] filed .S as
             53      [herein] provided [shall be] by this section is void as against any subsequent assignee in good
             54      faith and for valuable consideration of the same application or any portion thereof where [his]
             55      the subsequent assignee's own assignment [shall be] is first duly S. [ recorded ] filed .S .





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