2007 Oregon Code - Chapter 555 :: Chapter 555 - Reclamation Projects
Chapter 555
Reclamation Projects
2007 EDITION
RECLAMATION PROJECTS
WATER LAWS
RECLAMATION UNDER CAREY ACT
555.010 Acceptance
by state of conditions of Carey Act and grants thereunder
555.020 Water
Resources Commission to manage lands; general powers; transfer of powers of
former state boards
555.030 Duties
of Water Resources Commission
555.040 Powers
of Water Resources Commission as to contracts with Secretary of Interior for
lands to be reclaimed; lien for expenses
555.050 Application
to Water Resources Commission for lands to be reclaimed; selection and
withdrawal of lands
555.060 Deposit
by applicant; disposition of money
555.070 Contract
for reclamation of land; contents; examination and report by Water Resources
Commission; sale of water right to settlers; bond of contractor; deposit to
secure purchasers of water rights
555.080 Reclamation
works; control by contractor; transfer to purchasers of water rights
555.090 Time
for construction of works; date of commencement; securing of water rights;
cessation of work as causing forfeiture; extension of time
555.100 Nonperformance
by contractor; forfeiture; notice of forfeiture; sale of incomplete works;
disposal of proceeds
555.110 States
liability
555.120 Conditions
precedent to entry onto land and sale of water rights; form of applications for
purchase or for release of lien; date of reclamation
555.130 Application
to enter; contract for purchase of water rights and release of lien; payment
for land
555.140 Deeds
to land; execution; form; title conveyed; record; preservation of copies;
copies as evidence
555.150 Rules
555.160 Report
of work, expenditures and condition of funds; recommendations for legislation
555.170
555.171 Transfers
from
555.180 Payment
for irrigation of acreage in excess of contract; notice by Water Resources
Commission; price per acre
555.190 Notice
to be in writing; service; noncompliance; effect
TUMALO PROJECT
555.310 Reclamation
of lands in Tumalo Project; contracts for
555.320 Project
manager; duties and authority
555.330 Rules
555.340 Water
rights; sale price; lien on lands; lien list; expenditures of state; repayment
from sale of lands and rights; replacement or surrender of contracts with Columbia
Southern Irrigation Company
555.350 Increase
of lien against unsold land; reduction of amount due to state
555.360 Arrangements
to settle, cultivate and reclaim Carey Act lands; contract provisions; sale of
water rights to private lands; rules; fees
555.370 Cancellation
of contract upon default
555.380 Tumalo
Project Fund; rules
555.390 Transfer
of states interest to irrigation districts or to federal government
555.400 Preferred
purchasers
555.410 Repayment
of appropriation from receipts of sale of lands; expenditures
RECLAMATION UNDER CAREY ACT
555.010
Acceptance by state of conditions of Carey Act and grants thereunder. The State of Oregon hereby accepts the
conditions of section 4 of the Act of Congress approved August 18, 1894 (28
Stat. 422), and amendments thereto, known as the Carey Act, together with all
grants of land to the state under the provisions of that Act.
555.020
Water Resources Commission to manage lands; general powers; transfer of powers
of former state boards. The
selection, management, and disposal of the land referred to in ORS 555.010
shall be vested in the Water Resources Commission. The commission may employ
necessary assistance, purchase material and supplies, and shall have charge and
control of all reclamation work undertaken, contracted for, or initiated by the
State Land Board prior to the passage of chapter 226, Oregon Laws 1909, or by
the Desert Land Board prior to the passage of chapter 434, Oregon Laws 1927,
and of the reclamation companies which were operating under either of those
boards.
555.030
Duties of Water Resources Commission. The Water Resources Commission, or some authorized assistant, shall:
(1) Have custody of all the records and
files under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160, which shall be public
records and open to inspection by the public during office hours.
(2) Receive and file all proposals for
construction of irrigation works to reclaim lands selected under the provisions
of ORS 555.010 to 555.160.
(3) Keep for public inspection maps or
plats of all land selected.
(4) Receive entries of settlers on these
lands.
(5) Do any and all work necessary in
carrying out the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160. [Amended by 1955 c.707 §68]
555.040
Powers of Water Resources Commission as to contracts with Secretary of Interior
for lands to be reclaimed; lien for expenses. Upon application, made as provided in ORS 555.050, by any person
desiring to reclaim any of the desert government lands in this state, the Water
Resources Commission shall make proper application for the lands which the
applicant undertakes to reclaim, and make and enter into contract or agreement
with the Secretary of the Interior for the donation and patent to the state,
free of cost for survey or price, of such desert lands. The commission may make
and enter into such contracts and agreements, and create and assume such
obligations in relation to and concerning the lands, as may be necessary to
induce and cause such reclamation thereof as is required by the contract with
the Secretary of the Interior and the Acts of Congress. The commission may
create a lien which shall be valid on and against the separate legal
subdivisions of land reclaimed, for the necessary expenses of reclamation, and
reasonable interest thereon from the date of reclamation until the lien is
satisfied; provided that in no event, in no contingency, and under no
circumstances, shall the state be in any manner directly or indirectly liable
for any amount of any such lien or liability, in whole or in part.
555.050
Application to Water Resources Commission for lands to be reclaimed; selection
and withdrawal of lands. (1)
Any person desiring to construct ditches, canals or other irrigation works to
reclaim land under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160 shall, at the
expense of the person, file with the Water Resources Commission an application
for selection on behalf of the state, by the commission, of the land to be
reclaimed. The application shall conform to all requirements of the federal laws
and rulings thereunder, and be accompanied by the necessary land office fees
and such additional data as may be prescribed by the commission, including a
preliminary estimate of costs and the amount of lien asked for. If the
application is made in proper form, and it appears that the proposed plan is
feasible, that the applicant is financially able to complete the work, and that
its completion will be to the best interests of the state, then the commission,
at the expense and cost of the applicant, shall make proper application for the
selection and withdrawal of the lands included in the application.
(2) The commission may do all things
necessary to secure the withdrawal of lands on behalf of the commission by the
Secretary of the Interior, and let a contract to the lowest responsible bidder
for the reclamation and colonization of the same when withdrawn.
555.060
Deposit by applicant; disposition of money. A deposit shall accompany each application in a sum not less than 10
cents per acre up to 1,000 acres, and two cents per acre for each acre over
that amount, which sum shall be deposited with the Water Resources Commission
and held in trust as a guarantee of good faith on the part of the applicant, to
whom it shall be returned at the time of execution of a contract between the
state and the applicant. In case the person making the application shall, upon
segregation by the Secretary of the Interior of any or all of the lands
mentioned therein, refuse to enter into a contract with the state, the deposit shall
be forfeited to the state and credited to the Oregon Irrigation Fund.
555.070
Contract for reclamation of land; contents; examination and report by Water
Resources Commission; sale of water right to settlers; bond of contractor;
deposit to secure purchasers of water rights. Upon withdrawal of the land by the Department of the Interior, the
Water Resources Commission shall enter into a contract for the reclamation of
such land with the person submitting the application, which contract shall
contain plans and specifications of the proposed irrigation works; provided,
that no contract shall be executed by the commission until after an examination
by the commission concerning the feasibility of the proposed plan of
reclamation, sufficiency and availability of the water supply, and
reasonableness of the estimate of cost and the lien requested. The contract
shall provide for the sale of the water right to settlers on the land in
satisfaction of the reclamation lien allowed. This contract shall not be entered
into on the part of the state until the withdrawal of the lands by the
Department of the Interior and the filing of a satisfactory bond on the part of
the proposed contractor, which bond shall be in a penal sum not less than two
percent of the lien to be allowed, and shall be conditioned upon the faithful
performance of the provisions of the contract with the state; provided, that in
case the contractor is the irrigation district such bond need not be filed. The
commission may, however, require the contractor to make a deposit at the time
of application for entry of land by settlers to insure the transfer of the
system in good condition and repair to the purchasers of water rights as herein
provided, which deposit shall be returned by the commission at the time of such
transfer. [Amended by 1955 c.707 §69]
555.080
Reclamation works; control by contractor; transfer to purchasers of water
rights. For such time as is
specified in the contract, and not to exceed 10 years from the date thereof,
the control and management of the reclamation works shall be vested in the
person having contract with the state. At the expiration of such time the clear
and unencumbered title to the reclamation works and all franchises thereunto
belonging, also the control and management thereof, shall pass to the
purchasers of water rights from the reclamation works in the manner to be
prescribed in the contract, the contractor retaining an interest in the works
proportional to the amount of water right unsold.
555.090
Time for construction of works; date of commencement; securing of water rights;
cessation of work as causing forfeiture; extension of time. No contract shall be made by the Water
Resources Commission which requires a greater time than five years for
construction of the works. All contracts shall state that the work shall begin
within six months from date of contract; that the contractor shall secure for
the use and benefit of the reclamation system all necessary water rights,
rights of way, reservoir sites, or other property necessary for its
construction and operation; that construction shall be prosecuted diligently
and continuously to completion; and that a cessation of work under the contract
with the state for a period of six months, without the sanction of the commission,
will forfeit to the state all rights under the contract. The commission may
extend the time in which to begin the construction of works, or for the
completion of work, on account of delay caused by physical or engineering
difficulties beyond the power of the contractor to control.
555.100
Nonperformance by contractor; forfeiture; notice of forfeiture; sale of
incomplete works; disposal of proceeds. (1) Upon the failure of any parties having contracts with the state
for the construction of irrigation works, to begin the same within the time
specified by the contract, or to complete the same within the time or in
accordance with the specifications of the contract with the state, to the
satisfaction of the Water Resources Commission, the commission shall give the
parties written notice of such failure. If after a period of 60 days from the
sending of such notice they have failed to proceed with the work or to conform
to the specifications of their contract with the state, or secure an extension
of time, their contract and all works constructed thereunder shall be at once
forfeited to the state.
(2) In case of any forfeiture,
cancellation, or relinquishment of any contract to the state, the commission
shall so declare and give notice once each week, for four weeks, in some
newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the work is situated,
and in one newspaper at the state capital in like manner and for a like period,
of the forfeiture, cancellation, or relinquishment of the contract, and that upon
a fixed day proposals will be received at the office of the commission for
purchase of the incompleted works and for completion of the irrigation works in
accordance with plans, specifications and other conditions prescribed by the
commission, the time for receiving bids to be at least 60 days subsequent to
the issuing of the last notice of forfeiture. The money received by the
commission from sale of the partially completed works under the provisions of
this section shall first be applied to the expenses incurred by the state in
their forfeiture and disposal, and the surplus, if any exists, shall be paid to
the original contractors with the state.
555.110
States liability. Nothing
in ORS 555.010 to 555.160 shall be construed as authorizing the Water Resources
Commission to obligate the state to pay for any work constructed under any
contract, or to hold the state in any way responsible to settlers for the
failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their
contracts with the state.
555.120
Conditions precedent to entry onto land and sale of water rights; form of
applications for purchase or for release of lien; date of reclamation. No land shall be open to entry and no water
rights shall be sold by the parties under contract with the Water Resources
Commission until the construction of the works is sufficiently advanced to
insure a water supply, and the entry of an order by the commission opening the
land or any portion thereof to entry and sale. All applications to purchase lands,
or for release of lien for construction of the reclamation works, shall be upon
the forms provided by the commission. The date of reclamation, for the
purposes of ORS 555.010 to 555.160, shall be the date shown by the proof
furnished the Secretary of the Interior by the commission at which water was
furnished available for the reclamation of each tract in the list of lands.
555.130
Application to enter; contract for purchase of water rights and release of
lien; payment for land. Any
citizen of the United States, or any person having declared an intention to
become such, over the age of 21 years, may make application, under oath, to the
Water Resources Commission, upon forms prescribed by the commission, to enter
any of the lands reclaimed under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160, in
an amount not to exceed 160 acres for any one person. Each application shall be
accompanied by a contract, made and entered into by the applicant with the
person who has undertaken the reclamation of the tract in question, which
contract shall show that the applicant has made proper arrangement for purchase
of the necessary water rights and the release of the construction lien. Each
application to the commission shall in addition be accompanied by a payment of
not less than $1 per acre for each acre included in the application, which
payment shall be made by the contractor out of the first payment by the
applicant, and shall be deposited by the commission with the State Treasurer,
who shall credit it to the Oregon Irrigation Fund. If the application is not
approved, the $1 payment shall be returned to the contractor.
555.140
Deeds to land; execution; form; title conveyed; record; preservation of copies;
copies as evidence. Upon
filing with the Water Resources Commission a satisfactory release of the
construction lien apportioned by the commission against the land in any
application, accompanied by satisfactory proof of reclamation, cultivation and
settlement, as required by the rules of the commission, it shall be the duty of
the commission to deed to the applicant, or the assignee of the applicant, the
land described in the application. The deeds shall be in form of a quitclaim
and shall operate to convey only such title as the state may have in the land
conveyed. The deeds, without acknowledgment, or copies thereof duly certified
and attested under seal by the commission, certified from the official copy in
the keeping of the commission, shall be admitted to record. The commission
shall preserve, in a suitable book, a true copy of the deeds, with an
alphabetical index of the names of the grantees, and such copies or certified
copies thereof certified and attested as aforesaid shall be primary evidence of
such conveyances.
555.150
Rules. The Water Resources
Commission shall provide suitable rules for the filing of applications for
constructing irrigation works, prescribing the nature of final surveys, and the
gathering of engineering data upon which the contract with the state is to be
based, the manner in which the plans and specifications shall be submitted, and
for the entry of and payment for the land and water rights by settlers and for
the settlement or forfeiting of entry by settlers, and such other rules and
regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 555.010 to
555.160.
555.160
Report of work, expenditures and condition of funds; recommendations for
legislation. The Water
Resources Commission shall issue, on or before September 30 of the year
preceding each regular session of the legislature, a full report of the work of
the commission under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160, including a
statement of expenditures and condition of all funds, and such recommendations
for legislation as are deemed advisable.
555.170
555.171
Transfers from
555.180
Payment for irrigation of acreage in excess of contract; notice by Water
Resources Commission; price per acre. Wherever an irrigation system has been constructed under contract with
the State of Oregon pursuant to the Act of Congress known as the Carey Act, and
under and pursuant to ORS 555.010 to 555.160, and it develops that the acreage
of land actually irrigated in any smallest legal subdivision of the land is
greater than the acreage made subject to the lien in the reclamation contract
for said smallest legal subdivision and the waters for the excess acres
actually irrigated in such legal subdivision over and above the amount fixed in
the contract for lien have not as yet been paid for, nor the amount to be paid
therefor agreed upon, the Water Resources Commission upon request of the
company supplying water to the excess acres shall notify the person using the
water upon the excess acres to pay for the same or enter into an arrangement
with the company furnishing the water providing for the price to be paid therefor
and the manner of payment; provided, the company furnishing the water shall not
exact a price per acre for such excess acres greater than the price per acre as
now fixed by the commission.
555.190
Notice to be in writing; service; noncompliance; effect. The notice given by the Water Resources
Commission shall be in writing and may be served by registered mail or by
certified mail with return receipt. If the user of the water does not comply
with the notice and either pay for the excess water or enter into a definite
arrangement with the company for payment thereof within 30 days from the
mailing of the notice, the commission shall, upon notice from the company
furnishing the water, cancel the right of the landowner to the excess acres and
thereafter, without further application for permission so to do, the company
furnishing the water may sell and deliver the water to other lands. Upon
effecting the sale of the water to other lands the company shall notify the
commission of the lands to which the water is transferred. [Amended by 1991
c.249 §57]
TUMALO
PROJECT
555.310
Reclamation of lands in Tumalo Project; contracts for. The Water Resources Commission is authorized
and empowered to contract for the completion of the reclamation of lands in the
Tumalo Project or any part thereof, and to otherwise carry out the provisions
of ORS 555.310 to 555.410, with any irrigation district, organized pursuant to
the laws of Oregon, including lands in the project or any part thereof, or with
any other irrigation district, or with the federal government, or with any
person.
555.320
Project manager; duties and authority. (1) The Water Resources Commission shall appoint, at a salary to be
fixed by the commission, a project manager for the Tumalo Project, who shall hold
office and serve at the pleasure of the commission, but not longer than two
years without reappointment. In the selection of a project manager, due
consideration shall be given the recommendations of the Board of Directors of
the Water Users Association of the Tumalo Project, which project was
designated in chapter 119, Oregon Laws 1913, as the Columbia Southern
Irrigation Project. The project manager shall have complete charge of the
operation, maintenance and management of all matters pertaining to the project,
and shall have authority to collect maintenance fees and issue receipts
therefor, to employ necessary assistants, purchase materials and supplies, make
proper and necessary repairs, renewals and alterations in the irrigation system
when required, necessary or authorized by the commission, and to furnish
inventories of machinery, equipment and materials at stated intervals.
(2) All machinery, materials, supplies and
land acquired by the state under the provisions of chapter 119, Oregon Laws
1913, not required in the future operation of the project, shall be sold by the
project manager under the direction of the commission, and the funds arising
therefrom shall be placed in the Tumalo Project Fund. The project manager shall
render a monthly report to the commission covering the operation of the project
and such other matters as the commission may direct. The project manager shall
furnish a good and sufficient surety bond in the sum of $5,000 running to the
State of
555.330
Rules. The Water Resources
Commission shall make all necessary rules and regulations for properly carrying
out the provisions of ORS 555.310 to 555.410.
555.340
Water rights; sale price; lien on lands; lien list; expenditures of state;
repayment from sale of lands and rights; replacement or surrender of contracts
with Columbia Southern Irrigation Company. (1) Subject to ORS 555.350, the prices to be paid for the sale of
water rights on private lands as well as Carey Act lands, in the Tumalo
Project, shall be $40, with interest at five percent from the date of contract
of sale, in addition to which there shall be a charge of $2.50 per acre for the
nonirrigable Carey Act lands; provided, however, that no new lien shall be
placed upon any lands having a complete vested water right on June 3, 1913. A
certified copy of the lien list shall be prepared by the Water Resources
Commission, showing the price to be paid for water rights for each small
subdivision or farm unit of Carey Act land in the project. A certified copy of
the lien list shall be filed in the records of
(2) The total amount to be realized from
the sale of Carey Act lands and water rights for private lands shall insure the
return to the state of all money expended by it in the reclamation of the lands
in the project with interest at five percent from the date of the contract of
sale, in addition to any further sums or amounts which are found necessary to
be paid on account of the project.
(3) Any person who holds a contract with
the Columbia Southern Irrigation Company or its successors in interest, for any
tract in the project, may execute a new contract with the state for reclamation,
under the provisions of ORS 555.310 to 555.410, of the land described in the
original contract with the company, or a new selection, receiving credit
thereon for the principal paid to the company under the original contract; or,
may surrender the contract and receive, in cash, the full amount of principal
paid to the company on the contract; provided, however, that no contract holder
shall be entitled to a refund of the money as herein provided unless an
assignment of all rights, title and interest in and to the contract and the
land described therein was filed with the Desert Land Board on or before July
1, 1917; provided, further, that refunds shall be made to contract holders pro
rata as funds may become available from time to time after July 1, 1915. The
failure to comply with the above option by any contract holder under the old
Columbia Southern Project shall render the contract void and the lands embraced
therein shall revert to the state and be subject to reentry.
555.350
Increase of lien against unsold land; reduction of amount due to state. The Water Resources Commission may increase
the reclamation lien against the land not now sold in the Tumalo Project as
fixed in ORS 555.340, if such increase is necessary or expedient in the
completion of the project. The commission may reduce the amount due the state
on account of the construction of the Tumalo Project by the amount expended by
any such district or the federal government in completing the reclamation of
the lands embraced within the project or any amount which may be expended in
discharging the obligations of the state incurred under and pursuant to ORS
555.320, 555.340 and 555.380, or otherwise.
555.360
Arrangements to settle, cultivate and reclaim Carey Act lands; contract
provisions; sale of water rights to private lands; rules; fees. The Water Resources Commission shall make
all necessary arrangements to secure the settlement, cultivation and
reclamation of Carey Act lands in the Tumalo Project; accept applications for
the entry of the lands; make contracts for the purchase of water rights and
release of lien for the lands; make rules for their cultivation and settlement;
and prescribe the forms to be used for such purposes. Each contract with
purchasers shall provide for payment of the full amount of lien assessed
against the tract covered by the contract within a period of not to exceed 20
years, with interest on deferred payments at five percent per annum, and shall
also provide for payment of an annual maintenance fee, to be fixed by the
commission. Contracts executed before May 27, 1913, may be brought under the
terms of ORS 555.310 to 555.410, and the rate of interest thereunder shall be
five percent from and after December 1, 1916. Contracts for the sale of water
rights to private lands within the project shall be upon the same terms and
conditions as for Carey Act lands, and the commission shall in addition require
the purchaser to give a first mortgage on such private lands, to the state, as
security for the payments due under the contract. The contracts with
purchasers, both on Carey Act and private lands, shall provide for the sale of
a proportionate interest in the reclamation system to each purchaser, and for
transfer of the reclamation system to the purchasers when the water rights for
a majority of the lands in the project have been fully paid for, the state
retaining an interest proportionate to the unpaid balance on the contracts.
555.370
Cancellation of contract upon default. Upon failure of any purchaser having a contract with the Water
Resources Commission to make payments of principal and interest according to
the terms of the contract, the commission shall notify the purchaser by
registered mail or by certified mail with return receipt of the default. If the
default continues for a period of six months after the sending of such notice,
the commission may cancel the contract, and all payments made thereunder shall
be forfeited to the state and placed in the irrigation fund. The commission may
reopen the lands covered by the canceled contract for entry, and resell water
rights to the land to some other purchaser. Nothing in this section, however,
shall be construed so as to prevent the commission from extending the time to
make any payment due under any contract with a purchaser, when in the judgment
of the commission the purchaser is entitled to an extension. [Amended by 1991
c.249 §58]
555.380
Tumalo Project Fund; rules.
(1) All moneys received as maintenance fees on the Tumalo Project shall be
applied to the cost of maintaining, repairing, operating and distributing water
for the project. The money shall be collected and disbursed by the project
manager under the direction of the commission, who shall prescribe rules and
regulations governing such collections or disbursements.
(2) All moneys derived from the Tumalo
Project from whatsoever source, except as maintenance fees, shall be placed in
the Tumalo Project Fund in the hands of the State Treasurer, which fund is
hereby created. Disbursements from the Tumalo Project Fund shall be made to
repay contract holders as provided in ORS 555.310 to 555.410, and to defray the
expenses of construction, extension and operation of the project; except that
no repayments to contract holders shall be made which shall reduce the Tumalo Project
Fund to less than $5,000, which amount shall be held as an emergency fund to be
disbursed for the project in case of an emergency. After all payments to
contract holders have been made, all moneys in the fund, except $1,000 for an
emergency, shall be placed to the credit of the General Fund of the state and
credited as payment to the state on account of the original appropriation for
the construction of the Tumalo Project and interest on same. From and after
that date all money derived from the sale of land and water rights shall be
deposited in the General Fund until all expenses incurred by the state in
connection with the project, including five percent interest on all money
advanced from the date of sale of the lands, have been repaid, after which time
all money received from the sale of lands and water rights shall be deposited
in the Oregon Irrigation Fund.
(3) All expenditures for the Tumalo
Project from the Tumalo Project Fund shall be paid at the same time and in the
same manner as state officers are paid.
(4) All fees payable to the office of the
commission in connection with or incident to the completion of applications and
the issuance of permits for the appropriation, diversion, storage and use of
waters in the Tumalo Project are hereby remitted to the project, and payment
thereof shall not be required by the commission.
555.390
Transfer of states interest to irrigation districts or to federal government. The Water Resources Commission may, with due
regard to the interests of the state, transfer all the right, title and
interest of the state in and to the Tumalo Project, and all rights or
franchises thereunto appertaining, to any irrigation district or to the federal
government, whenever it appears to the commission that such transfer will be in
the best interests of the project.
555.400
Preferred purchasers. In the
sale of water and water rights and the entry upon lands now remaining unsold in
the Tumalo Project, honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, marines, and Red
Cross nurses of the Mexican, Spanish or Indian wars and of World War I shall
have a preferred right to the purchase and acquiring of the same for such
period of time as may be designated by the Water Resources Commission.
555.410
Repayment of appropriation from receipts of sale of lands; expenditures. The sum of $10,000, which was appropriated
by section 2, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 1917, shall be considered a loan to the
Tumalo Project and shall be returned to the General Fund, together with
interest at the legal rate from the date on which the money is made available,
from the receipts of the sale of project lands. All expenditures incurred under
the provisions of ORS 555.340, 555.360 and 555.380 shall be paid at the same
time and in the same manner as state officers, upon vouchers approved by the
Water Resources Commission.
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