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                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 17
                       DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES --
                             WATER RESOURCE BOARD
    42-1765A.  LEMHI RIVER BASIN -- LOCAL RENTAL COMMITTEE. (1) The water
resource board will appoint a local rental committee to facilitate operation
of the water supply bank within the Lemhi river basin comprised of the Lemhi
river and all tributary water sources. Section 42-1765, Idaho Code, and the
board's water supply bank rules applicable to the operation of a storage water
rental pool shall apply to the operation of the water supply bank in the Lemhi
river basin, except as inconsistent with this section.
    (2)  When so appointed, the local rental committee for the Lemhi river
basin shall have authority to rent natural flow water rights between
consenting owners and consenting renters.
    (3)  Rights to the use of water for a portion of the approved period of
use under a water right may be accepted into the water supply bank and rented
out to satisfy the board's minimum stream flow water right authorized under
section 42-1506, Idaho Code, provided the owner demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the director that there will be an equivalent reduction in the
extent of beneficial use made under the right.