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ID S1102
Bill
Status
2/13/2017
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Environment Committee
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AI Summary
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Repeals existing Chapter 5, Title 42, Idaho Code relating to stockwater rights and replaces it with new legislation codifying principles from the Idaho Supreme Court's Joyce Livestock Company v. United States decision.
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Prohibits any federal government agency or its agents from acquiring stockwater rights unless the agency owns livestock and puts the water to beneficial use.
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Establishes that permittees on federally administered grazing allotments shall not be considered agents of the federal government when obtaining stockwater rights.
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Restricts any federal agency stockwater right to use only for watering livestock and denies all applications to change ownership or nature of use of such rights in violation of these provisions.
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Declares the act's provisions controlling over any conflicting state law and effective immediately upon passage and approval as an emergency measure.
Legislative Description
Repeals and adds to existing law to prohibit the acquisition of certain stockwater rights, to provide that certain permittees shall not be considered agents of the federal government, to limit the use of certain stockwater rights, and to provide for the effect of an illegal change of ownership or transfer.
STOCKWATER RIGHTS
Last Action
Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
2/14/2017