TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 52

GROUND WATER DISTRICTS

42-5206.  Examination by department of water resources — Report to county commission — Amendment of plan. (1) A copy of the petition and all maps and other papers filed with the county commission shall be filed with the department on the same day the petition is filed with the county commission.

(2)  The department shall examine the petition, maps and other papers submitted in support of it, and, taking into account hydrological factors, patterns of ground water use, or other attributes of the area that may aid the county commission, prepare a report upon the boundaries proposed for the district and submit the report to the county commission at least two (2) weeks before the meeting set for the commission to hear the petition.

History:

[42-5206, added 1995, ch. 290, sec. 1, p. 986.]