Committee advances bill clarifying irrigation easement work and permissions
S 1304 would clarify that routine work within an irrigation easement does not require advance notice or written permission from landowners; written consent remains required only when moving ditches or structures outside the easement. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
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Senator Harris told the Senate Resources & Environment Committee that S 1304 clarifies when ditch owners must obtain landowner permission for work within irrigation easements, and creates a common term, "irrigation conduit," to replace multiple overlapping terms in statute. "When work was done within an irrigation easement, the ditch owner was not required to provide advance notice to, or obtain written permission from, the landowner," Senator Harris said.
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