| 1 | | - | Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota |
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| 2 | | - | In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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| 1 | + | 25.0754.02000 |
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| 2 | + | Sixty-ninth |
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| 3 | + | Legislative Assembly |
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| 4 | + | of North Dakota |
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| 5 | + | Introduced by |
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| 6 | + | Senators Patten, Erbele, Kessel |
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| 7 | + | Representatives Dressler, Hagert, Novak |
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| 8 | + | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 61-04-15.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, |
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| 9 | + | relating to a change in the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected water permit. |
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| 10 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 11 | + | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-04-15.4 of the North Dakota Century Code is |
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| 12 | + | amended and reenacted as follows: |
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| 13 | + | 61-04-15.4. Change in purpose of use. |
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| 14 | + | 1.A permitholder may change the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected water |
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| 15 | + | permit without affecting the priority date, if approved by the department of water |
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| 16 | + | resources. Applications for a |
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| 17 | + | 2.An application to change in the purpose of use must be processed and evaluated in |
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| 18 | + | the same manner as a conditional water permit application. A |
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| 19 | + | 3.The department of water resources may approve the proposed change if the proposed |
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| 20 | + | change will not adversely affect the rights of other appropriators and if a change in the |
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| 21 | + | purpose of use may be authorized only foris: |
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| 22 | + | a.To a superior use as determined byunder the order of priority in section |
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| 23 | + | 61-04-06.1. The department may approve the proposed change if the proposed |
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| 24 | + | change will not adversely affect the rights of other appropriators; or |
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| 25 | + | b.To livestock use or fish, wildlife, and recreation use for a reservoir authorizing no |
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| 26 | + | withdrawal of water. |
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| 27 | + | Page No. 1 25.0754.02000 |
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| 4 | | - | (Senators Patten, Erbele, Kessel) |
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| 5 | | - | (Representatives Dressler, Hagert, Novak) |
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| 6 | | - | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-15.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a |
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| 7 | | - | change in the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected water permit. |
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| 8 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 9 | | - | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-04-15.4 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and |
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| 10 | | - | reenacted as follows: |
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| 11 | | - | 61-04-15.4. Change in purpose of use. |
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| 12 | | - | 1.A permitholder may change the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected water permit |
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| 13 | | - | without affecting the priority date, if approved by the department of water resources. |
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| 14 | | - | Applications for a |
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| 15 | | - | 2.An application to change in the purpose of use must be processed and evaluated in the same |
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| 16 | | - | manner as a conditional water permit application. A |
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| 17 | | - | 3.The department of water resources may approve the proposed change if the proposed change |
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| 18 | | - | will not adversely affect the rights of other appropriators and if a change in the purpose of use |
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| 19 | | - | may be authorized only foris: |
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| 20 | | - | a.To a superior use as determined byunder the order of priority in section 61-04-06.1. The |
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| 21 | | - | department may approve the proposed change if the proposed change will not adversely |
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| 22 | | - | affect the rights of other appropriators; or |
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| 23 | | - | b.To livestock use or fish, wildlife, and recreation use for a reservoir authorizing no |
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| 24 | | - | withdrawal of water. S. B. NO. 2141 - PAGE 2 |
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| 25 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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| 26 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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| 28 | | - | Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 29 | | - | This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North |
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| 30 | | - | Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2141. |
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| 31 | | - | Senate Vote:Yeas 41 Nays 6 Absent 0 |
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| 32 | | - | House Vote: Yeas 91 Nays 1 Absent 2 |
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| 33 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | | - | Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. |
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| 36 | | - | Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. |
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| 37 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Governor |
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| 39 | | - | Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, |
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| 40 | | - | at ________ o’clock ________M. |
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| 41 | | - | ____________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Secretary of State |
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