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Committee approves bill letting state engineer use restricted funds statewide for legal costs
Summary
House Bill 174 would allow the state engineer to use the state engineer’s restricted account to pay legal expenses statewide, not limited to active adjudications; sponsors said the change imposes no new funding and has the attorney general’s support.
The Utah Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee passed House Bill 174, which would permit the state engineer to use funds from the state engineer’s restricted account to defray legal expenses statewide rather than only within areas of active adjudication.
The sponsor told the committee that Utah’s increasing water‑use…
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