This bill addresses water rights and the state engineer's actions related to water rights.
This bill:
- addresses actions related to an application to appropriate public water;
- modifies the extent to which the state engineer may consider a protest;
- addresses temporary applications;
- modifies the grounds that the state engineer may consider in approving or rejecting an application, including what the state engineer may consider related to public welfare;
- clarifies who is an aggrieved person for purposes of seeking judicial review; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Legislative Water Development Commission

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 73-3-1, 73-3-7, 73-3-8, 73-3-14