SF0136 • 2011

Water-source of supply.

AN ACT relating to water rights; requiring the state engineer to consider certain evidence in determining the source of supply for interconnected waters; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Senator Meier
Last action: 2011-02-01
Official status: inactive
Effective date: Not listed

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SF0136SS001

Standing Committee • GEIS

Adopted

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Bill History

2011-02-01 Senate
S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
2011-02-01 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2011-02-01 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2011-01-28 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-01-28 Senate
S05 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2011-01-25 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05
2011-01-25 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2011-01-24 LSO
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WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0553

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0136

Water-source of supply.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Meier and Hicks and Representative(s) Brown and Semlek

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
water rights; requiring the state engineer to consider certain evidence in determining the source of supply
for interconnected waters
;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 41
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3
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916 is amended to read:

41
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3
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916.

Priority of rights when 1 source of supply.

Where underground waters in different aquifers are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, or where underground waters and the waters of surface streams are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, priorities of rights to the use of all such interconnected waters shall be correlated and such single schedule of priorities shall relate to the whole common water supply. The state engineer may by order adopt any of the corrective controls specified in W.S. 41
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3
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915.
In determining whether there is in fact one source of supply under this section
or interference between ground water and surface rights
, the state engineer shall
only
consider credible, accurate site specific data.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

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