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WATER EASEMENT AMENDMENTS

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: John G. Mathis

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Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill establishes a procedure for the holder of a prescriptive easement for a water
             10      conveyance to abandon all or part of the prescriptive easement.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    establishes a procedure for the holder of a prescriptive easement for a water
             14      conveyance to abandon all or part of the prescriptive easement.
             15      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             16          None
             17      Other Special Clauses:
             18          None
             19      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             20      ENACTS:
             21          57-13a-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             23      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             24          Section 1. Section 57-13a-104 is enacted to read:
             25          57-13a-104. Abandonment of prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
             26          (1) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
             27      Section 57-13a-102 may, in accordance with this section, abandon all or part of the easement.
             28          (2) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
             29      Section 57-13a-102 who seeks to abandon the easement or part of the easement shall:


             30          (a) in each county where the easement or part of the easement is located:
             31          (i) file in the office of the county recorder a notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive
             32      easement that describes the easement or part of the easement to be abandoned; and
             33          (ii) publish the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement once a week for
             34      two consecutive weeks in:
             35          (A) a local newspaper of general circulation that is published in the area generally
             36      served by the water conveyance that utilizes the easement; or
             37          (B) if a newspaper described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A) does not exist, in a newspaper
             38      of general circulation in the county;
             39          (b) post copies of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement in three
             40      public places located within the area generally served by the water conveyance that utilizes the
             41      easement;
             42          (c) mail a copy of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement to each
             43      municipal and county government where the easement or part of the easement is located;
             44          (d) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 , publish a copy of the notice of intent to
             45      abandon the prescriptive easement on the public legal notice website described in Subsection
             46      45-1-101 (2)(b); and
             47          (e) after meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(a), (b), (c), and (d) and at least 45
             48      days after the last day on which the holder of the easement publishes the notice of intent to
             49      abandon the prescriptive easement in accordance with Subsection (2)(a)(ii), file in the office of
             50      the county recorder for each county where the easement or part of the easement is located a
             51      notice of abandonment that contains the same description required by Subsection (2)(a)(i).
             52          (3) (a) Upon completion of the requirements described in Subsection (2) by the holder
             53      of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under Section 57-13a-102 :
             54          (i) all interest to the easement or part of the easement abandoned by the holder of the
             55      easement is extinguished; and
             56          (ii) subject to each legal right that exists as described in Subsection (3)(b), the owner of
             57      a servient estate whose land was encumbered by the easement or part of the easement


             58      abandoned may reclaim the land area occupied by the former easement or part of the easement
             59      and resume full utilization of the land without liability to the former holder of the easement.
             60          (b) Abandonment of a prescriptive easement under this section does not affect a legal
             61      right to have water delivered or discharged through the water conveyance and easement
             62      established by a person other than the holder of the easement who abandons an easement as
             63      provided in this section.


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