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Senate clears water-rights bill after contested amendments; retroactive language removed
Summary
After extended floor debate and two amendment battles, the Senate passed House Bill 3 60, a measure clarifying non-use applications in water law. A proposal to preserve a safe-harbor for applicants failed, but the body approved an amendment stripping retroactive language and approved the bill 15–12.
House Bill 3 60, a measure meant to clarify procedures for non-use water-right applications, survived a daylong floor debate and passed after the Senate adopted an amendment removing retroactive language.
Senator Chris Christensen, the bill sponsor, argued the bill implements recommendations from the Executive Water Task Force and “clarifies existing law on non use applications,” saying the measure was intended to preserve, not upend, current practice. Christensen summarized the bill’s purpose as ensuring a non-use application permits a landowner to reserve a right for future use.
Senator Madsen offered an amendment to reinstate what he…
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