2015 Utah Code
Title 73 - Water and Irrigation
Chapter 3 - Appropriation
Section 10 - Approval or rejection of application.

73-3-10. Approval or rejection of application.

• (1) When the state engineer approves or rejects an application, the state engineer shall record the approval decision or rejection decision in the state engineer's office.

• (2) On the same day on which the state engineer makes an approval decision or rejection decision described in Subsection (1), the state engineer shall mail the decision to the applicant.

• (3) If an application is approved, the applicant may, upon receipt of the approval decision:
  • (a) proceed with the construction of the necessary works;
  • (b) take any steps required to apply the water to the use described in the application; and
  • (c) perfect the proposed application.

• (4) If the application is rejected, the applicant may not take steps toward the prosecution of:
  • (a) the work proposed in the application; or
  • (b) the proposed diversion and use of the public water in the application.

• (5) In a decision approving an application, other than an application for a fixed time period, the state engineer shall state the time within which:
  • (a) the construction work must be completed; and
  • (b) the water must be applied to beneficial use.

Amended by Chapter 429, 2013 General Session