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Utah House unanimously approves bill barring federal agencies from conditioning permits on water‑right transfers
Summary
On March 13, 2014 the Utah House passed first substitute S.B. 274 (68–0), clarifying that public agencies may not condition issuance, renewal, amendment or extension of permanent approvals on transferring a water right to the public agency. Supporters said the change protects ranchers, ski operators and longstanding state water law.
The Utah House on March 13 voted 68–0 to approve first substitute S.B. 274, a bill clarifying that federal or other public agencies may not condition the issuance, renewal, amendment or extension of permanent approvals on the transfer of water rights to the agency. Representative Kevin Ivory, the House sponsor, said the bill "simply clarifies that there's no authority and that public agency may not…
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