Show Utah Water Status 1 Clarified by Bills WATER VATER M I IT H. B. B Holdaway Edman Bosone Mac arlane 1 itan water district act Primarily intended to permit Salt Lake City i I and other Great Salt Lake valley municipalities to participate it the Deer Utah creek-Utah lake ake reclamation project Act provides for the incorporation and management of such districts including the taxing of property issuance of bonds bond and other matters to the acquisition construction and operation of w water ter projects 1 H H. I B B. B Macfarlane Macfarlane Extends nd in certain cases the year five period during which the owner of a water right must put the water to cial use or forfeit the rj right ht 1 r The law is ic designed to protect Salt Lake City's right to water it may t lUbe scribe for or under the Deer creek pro prof eat ctt but which It may not b be able t to put to beneficial use within the five five- year year period The state engineer must pa pass upon applications for an extent sion C S. S B B. B HZ Bamberger er Underground Under Under- j ground water act Gives the tate state engineer wide powers over all un 1 water in the state slate as ns well as water above ground for or the purpose pur pur- pose o of preventing waste or depletion depletion tion Lion of oC the supply particularly in j drouth periods Act authorizes authorize the the the-i. capping of wells diversion o of streams J Jand and other conservation measures the he employment of water comm commis v commis-v 5 collection of oC fees on applications to appropriate water and appropriates ap- ap ape to the state engineer engineer engi engi- to out its It neer carry provisions S. S B. B State and municipal af- af fairs airs committee Appropriates Appropriates 10 for a cooperative cooperate e state federal f survey o of underground water In in oJ Utah Federal government will match 1 7 state funds T I S. S B. B B state slate and municipal affair af- af 1 fair committee Authorizes Authorizes governor gover gover- v gover nor to deed to lo the United States States' ii government Ulah Utah lake marginal and a detail necessary to lo construction con con- as a 3 federal reclamation project of ot the Utah lake Jake un un- un-i un S. S B. B state stale and municipal if- if 1 fairs airs Validates commIttee Validates contracts contract between water users' users associations and the federal government in cornice cornice- 1 tion with wilh reclamation projects Actis Act Actis is one of ot a number designed to remove re re- move legal obstacles in the way of ot i construction of the Deer er Utah creek lake project j A S. S B. B 96 Huggins Permitting unequal assessments against shares Jt of stock of oC irrigation canal ditch r rand and reservoir companies and water users' users associations on a basis of oC v fits tits received or receivable for the purpose of pr f repaying reclamation loans from the federal government One of oC the Deer lake group of bills S. S B. B 1 IS Provides for the equalization of benefits in drainage districts by boards of county coun coon ty commissioners where it is 15 found lands have been inequitably assessed assessed assess assess- ed for benefits or taxes County commissioners com com- missioners are empowered to lo readjust readjust readjust read- read just and redistribute assessment of oC r benefits on a fair basis S. S B. B Bamberger Authorizes Bamberger-Authorizes Authorizes Ithe j. j the state stale engine engineer r to commence and J prosecute actions on behalf of or the state stale in courts of other states and f in the supreme court of the United J States Stales Purpose of act acl is to lo per per- mit mil Utah's engineer to cooperate with wilh the state slate engineer of an adjoining state stale in the determination supervision sion and control contro of oC water rights on interstate streams such as the Bear Bear river and tributaries of the Colorado j river S. S B. B 2 1 Woodward Wallace Wallace- Creates the Great basin authority board consisting of the governor and four members appointed by him to develop the Great Salt lake project t Board is authorized to lo borrow borrow bor bor- row funds from the federal govern govern- government ment for lor construction of oC the dikes and to lo lease or rent fresh water In Inthe the lake the dikes would create and lo to contract for the extraction on a royalty royally basis of oC minerals from land and water within the meander line of the Great Salt lake S. S J. J M. M I. I Stevens Miller Miller Ask Miller Asking ng governor so and other state officers to readjust indebtedness to the state stale of settlers on irrigation projects owned b by the state or in 1 which the state is interested including i 1 ing the Piute reservoir project the I Central Utah Water company and the Carbon Water company compan j |