US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 14
                         ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS
    42-1405.  GENERAL ADJUDICATION -- PUBLIC INTEREST. (1) Five (5) or more or
a majority of the users of water from any water system may petition the
director to request the attorney general to file an action to commence a
general adjudication. If the director deems that the public interest and
necessity will be served by a determination of the water rights of that water
system, the director shall request the attorney general to file an action to
commence the general adjudication.
    (2)  If the director deems that the public interest and necessity will be
served by a determination of the water rights of any water system, the
director, upon his own initiative, may request the attorney general to file an
action to commence a general adjudication.