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House circles water-rights adjudication cleanup after member questions about notice and small users
Summary
Representative Briscoe presented HB 29 to streamline state water-rights adjudication and permit electronic notice by the state engineer. Members pressed for clarity about notification, effects on small water users and forfeiture timelines; the House voted to circle the bill for further review.
House Bill 29, a technical clean-up to state water-rights adjudication, drew extended floor discussion Jan. 30 before the House agreed to circle the bill for further work. Sponsor Representative Briscoe said the measure would transfer statutory responsibility for maintaining water-right records to the state engineer, allow subdivision of large basins into smaller…
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