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House amends public-waters access bill, adds streams and prescriptive-easement language
Summary
Lawmakers adopted an amendment to HB 187 adding Currant Creek, Lake Fork River and Diamond Fork River to named public waters and clarifying that historically continuous public use creating a prescriptive easement may qualify a waterway as public; the bill was circled for further stakeholder meetings.
Salt Lake City — The Utah House took an important step on a contested public-access bill Tuesday, adopting a sponsor amendment that adds specific streams to the list of public waters and clarifies how prescriptive easements affect public access designations.
Representative Ben Ferry, sponsor of First Substitute House Bill 187, described Amendment No. 13 as a technical and substantive fix: it adds three streams — Currant Creek, the…
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