Expediting the processing of pending applications relating to existing water rights.
Summary
$ Until June 30, 2005, allows applications for modifying existing water rights to be processed separately from applications for new water rights and does not protect the latter applications from being impaired by decisions regarding the existing rights.
$ Alters the method used to calculate the amount of water governed by a water right that may be transferred or changed to enable the irrigation of additional acreage or the addition of new water uses.
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AN ACT Relating to expediting the processing of pending applications relating to existing water rights by clarifying when pending applications for new water rights are not existing rights, allowing pending applications relating to existing water rights to be processed independently of pending applications for new water rights, allowing applications to be processed ahead of previously filed applications that have insufficient information, and calculating annual consumptive quantity using the average of the two years of greatest use within the most recent five years;