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Senate moves to clarify water‑rights sale authority, sponsor says bill restores long‑standing law
Summary
Senate Bill 35, described by sponsor Senator Dayton as a clarification of longstanding water law, was advanced on the second‑reading calendar. Dayton told colleagues the measure reaffirms that the right to sell water rests with the owner of the water right or a designee and is meant to restore predictability after a recent court ruling.
Senator Daniel Dayton, sponsor of Senate Bill 35, told the Senate the bill 'basically says that the people who have the right to sell water are those who own the water or those whom the owner has designated' and that it resolves a level of certainty in water…
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