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or revoke the lease authorization if an appropriator other than 



an appropriator described in subsection (2) (i) proves by a 



preponderance of evidence that the appropriator ' s water right is 



adversely affected. 



(g) The priority of appropriation for a lease under this 

 section is the same as the priority of appropriation of the right 

 that is leased. 



(h) Neither a change in appropriation right nor any other 

 authorization is required for the reversion of the appropriation 

 right to the lessor's previous use. 



(i) A person issued a water use permit with a priority of 

 appropriation after the date of filing of an application for a 

 lease authorization under this section may not object to the 

 exercise of the lease according to its terms or the reversion of 

 the appropriation right to the lessor according to the lessor's 

 previous use. 



(j) The department of fish, wildlife, and parks shall pay 

 all costs associated with installing devices or providing 

 personnel to measure streamflows according to the measuring plan 

 submitted under this section. 



(3) (a) The department of fish, wildlife, and parks shall 

 complete and submit to the department, commission, and 

 environmental quality council an annual study progress report by 

 December 1 of each year. This report must include the applicable 

 information listed in subsection (1) for each lease, a summary of 

 stream reach designation activity under 85-2-437, and a summary 

 of leasing activity on all designated streams. If the department 



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