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Senate advances HB 25 to reaffirm state water engineer authority and protect existing water rights
Summary
Sponsor Senator Dayton said HB 25 seeks to restore certainty in Utah water law by reestablishing the state water engineer as gatekeeper to prevent impairment of existing water rights; Senate voted to read the bill for a third time with 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent.
Senator Dayton told the Utah Senate that House Bill 25 seeks to "maintain the certainty and predictability that we have had in our Utah water law since 1903" by reaffirming the role of the state water engineer in protecting existing water rights.
Dayton said the measure responds to a recent Supreme Court ruling that created uncertainty and that the bill would allow holders of existing water rights to contest…
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