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HB775 • 2025
Repeal sunset on Water Court actions
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Repeal sunset on Water Court actions
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Repeal sunset on Water Court actions
**** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 775 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 775 ENROLLED BILL AN ACT REPEALING THE SUNSET DATE OF LAWS REGARDING JUDICIAL REVIEW OF WATER RIGHTS; AUTHORIZING WATER COURT REVIEW OF CERTAIN DECISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION; CLARIFYING WATER COURT DUTIES; REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 126, LAWS OF 2017; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Repealer. Section 6, Chapter 126, Laws of 2017, is repealed. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. - END - I hereby certify that the within bill, HB 775, originated in the House. ___________________________________________ Chief Clerk of the House ___________________________________________ Speaker of the House Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. ___________________________________________ President of the Senate Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. HOUSE BILL NO. 775 INTRODUCED BY K. WALSH AN ACT REPEALING THE SUNSET DATE OF LAWS REGARDING JUDICIAL REVIEW OF WATER RIGHTS; AUTHORIZING WATER COURT REVIEW OF CERTAIN DECISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION; CLARIFYING WATER COURT DUTIES; REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 126, LAWS OF 2017; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.