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Senate moves bill allowing extensions for water rights interrupted by dam or diversion repairs
Summary
Senate File 80 authorizes the Board of Control to grant extensions, up to five years, to owners of lawful dams or diversion systems when repairs or replacement cause interruptions in use that could otherwise trigger abandonment under the five‑year statute; the Committee of the Whole adopted a timing amendment and reported the bill favorably.
Senator Steinmetz explained Senate File 80, which addresses limits in the abandonment statute for water rights when infrastructure such as dams or diversion structures are being repaired or replaced. Under current law, unused appropriation of water for five years can expose a right to abandonment proceedings. The bill allows an owner of a lawful dam or diversion system to apply to the Board of Control for an extension of time, not to exceed five years, to reactivate use when…
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