Salvage water.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0559

SENATE FILE
NO.

SF0150

Salvage water.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Hines and Representative(s) Barlow and Kasperik

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
water; providing for a policy on salvage water as specified; providing a definition;
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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102 by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

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102.

Preferred uses; defined; order of preference.

(d)

It is the declared policy of this state to encourage the conservation and full beneficial use of water. Consistent with this policy, holders of water
rights
who salvage water may retain the right to the
salvaged water for subsequent beneficial use. Any use of the right to salvaged water for any purpose or in any place other than that associated with the original appropriation right shall be approved by the Wyoming state board of control pursuant to W.S. 41
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104 or the state engineer pursuant to W.S. 41
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110. As used in this subsection, "salvage" means to make water available for beneficial use from an existing valid appropriation through application of water-saving methods.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2013.

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