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Senate advances bill to require conveyance reports to update Utah water-right records
Summary
Senators advanced House Bill 184 to the third-reading calendar after extended floor debate. The bill would require conveyance reports to update water-right ownership records, authorize the state engineer to adopt reporting forms, and require conveyance reports be prepared or certified by specified professionals.
House Bill 184, a measure to tighten how water-right ownership is recorded and transferred in Utah, was advanced to the Senate’s third‑reading calendar on Feb. 10 after a lengthy floor debate.
Senator Beverly Evans, the bill sponsor, told the Senate that the bill requires a "report of conveyance" to be submitted to the state engineer to update ownership records and directs the state engineer to provide standardized forms and administrative rules. "The substantive change in the bills are three," Evans said, summarizing that the owner must submit a conveyance report, that reports be prepared or certified by attorneys, professional engineers, title…
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