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2013 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 82a WATERS AND WATERCOURSES
Article 7 APPROPRIATION OF WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE
- Section 82a-701 Definitions.
- Section 82a-702 Dedication of use of water.
- Section 82a-703 Water may be appropriated subject to vested rights.
- Section 82a-703a Minimum streamflows; duties of chief engineer.
- Section 82a-703b Minimum desirable streamflows; condition of appropriation right, applicability.
- Section 82a-703c Minimum streamflows established.
- Section 82a-704a Determination of vested rights; procedure; duties of chief engineer.
- Section 82a-704b Same; notice.
- Section 82a-704c Same; supplemental to Kansas water appropriation act.
- Section 82a-705 Acquisition of a new appropriation right to use water other than domestic; approval.
- Section 82a-705a Domestic use after June 28, 1945; information to chief engineer.
- Section 82a-706 Duties of chief engineer as to beneficial use and rights of priority of appropriation.
- Section 82a-706a Rules, regulations and standards.
- Section 82a-706b Diversion of water prohibited, when; unlawful acts; enforcement by chief engineer.
- Section 82a-706c Meters, gages and other measuring devices; waste and quality checks.
- Section 82a-706d Duties of attorney general.
- Section 82a-706e State field offices and commissioners.
- Section 82a-707 Principles governing appropriations; priorities.
- Section 82a-708a Applications for permits to appropriate water; fee.
- Section 82a-708b Application for change in place of use, point of diversion or use; fee; review of action on application.
- Section 82a-708c Application for term permits to appropriate water; fee.
- Section 82a-709 Same; contents; time of filing.
- Section 82a-710 Same; return for correction or completion; maps, plats, plans and drawings; default in refiling.
- Section 82a-711 Permits to appropriate water; standards for approval of use; review of action on application.
- Section 82a-711a Same; express conditions of appropriations.
- Section 82a-712 Same; notice of approval or disapproval of application; approval constitutes permit.
- Section 82a-713 Same; limiting time for perfection of appropriation; extension.
- Section 82a-714 Same; completion of works; extension of time; certificate of appropriation; fees.
- Section 82a-715 Same; validation of certain applications.
- Section 82a-716 Common-law claimants; action for compensation; injunctions.
- Section 82a-717a Diversions by common-law claimants and others; injunctions.
- Section 82a-718 Abandonment of water rights; notices; hearing; review of action; exceptions.
- Section 82a-719 Distribution of water according to decree of court.
- Section 82a-720 Same; certified copies of decrees.
- Section 82a-721 Construction of act.
- Section 82a-721a Same; damages to land.
- Section 82a-722 Invalidity of part.
- Section 82a-724 Review of administrative actions.
- Section 82a-725 Same; reference to state division or its chief engineer; procedures; cases in federal courts.
- Section 82a-726 Diversion and transportation of water for use in another state; approval by chief engineer; conditions.
- Section 82a-727 Temporary permits to appropriate water; extension; fee; rules and regulations.
- Section 82a-728 Unlawful acts; penalties.
- Section 82a-729 Act supplemental to article 7 of chapter 82a of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
- Section 82a-730 Citation of act.
- Section 82a-731 Water appropriation certification fund created; expenditures therefrom.
- Section 82a-732 Annual water use report required; penalty for violations.
- Section 82a-733 Conservation plans and practices.
- Section 82a-734 Sand and gravel pits; beneficial use of water, when; permit; application; fee; perfection of appropriation; examination of diversion works; assessment of water protection fee.
- Section 82a-734a Sand and gravel pits, land-based; prohibition on certain rules and regulations, conditions.
- Section 82a-736 Multi-year flex accounts; term permits.
- Section 82a-737 Civil enforcement of act.
- Section 82a-738 Studies and recommendations of chief engineer and state geological survey; report.
- Section 82a-739 Installation of water flow measurement and data recording devices below Cedar Bluff reservoir; authorization of property owners; dissemination of data and report to legislative committees.
- Section 82a-741 Water conservation program; enrollment; application; fees; administration; rules and regulations.
- Section 82a-742 Division of a water right; application; fee.
- Section 82a-743 Limited transfer permits; term; fee; base water right; rules and regulations.
- Section 82a-761 Title; implementation.
- Section 82a-762 Definitions.
- Section 82a-763 Water bank authority; deposits and leases; safe deposit accounts; restrictions.
- Section 82a-764 Bankable water right, determination of.
- Section 82a-765 Water bank charter; approval; requirements.
- Section 82a-766 Water bank annual reports.
- Section 82a-767 Evaluation of water bank; evaluation team; extension or lapse of charter; charter review.
- Section 82a-768 Application of law relating to abandonment of water right.
- Section 82a-769 Rules and regulations.
- Section 82a-770 Enforcement of act.
- Section 82a-771 Payment of certain costs of water bank.
- Section 82a-772 Water resources cost fund.
- Section 82a-773 Water office cost fund.
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