APPENDIX E Unofficial Draft Copy 



As of: November 2, 1998 (4:01PM) 



LC0414 



**** Bill No. **** 



Introduced By ************* 



By Request of the Environmental Quality Council 



A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act allowing broader leasing of 

 salvage water created through conservation projects; extending 

 for 10 years the term of the instream flow leasing program 

 operated by the department of fish, wildlife and parks; allowing 

 a longer lease term for leases associated with department 

 investments in water conservation projects; increasing the number 

 of stream reaches that can be leased from; amending sections 85- 

 2-419, 85-2-436, 85-2-437, and 85-2-438, MCA; amending Section 

 11, Chapter 658, Laws of 1989; amending Section 7, Chapter 740, 

 Laws of 1991; and providing an immediate effective date." 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana: 



Section 1. Section 85-2-419, MCA, is amended to read: 

 "85-2-419. Salvaged water. It is the declared policy of 

 the state in 85-1-101 to encourage the conservation and full use 

 of water. Consistent with this policy, holders of appropriation 

 rights who salvage water, as defined in 85-2-102, may retain the 

 right to the salvaged water for beneficial use. Any use of the 

 right to salvaged water for any purpose or in any place other 

 than that associated with the original appropriation right must, 

 be approved by the department as a change in appropriation right 

 in accordance with 85-2-402. Sale of the right to salvaged water 



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