12-19 17:23 S.B. 33
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Water Rights Recording Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
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LONG TITLE
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Committee Note:
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The Legislative Water Development Commission recommended this bill.
6 Legislative Vote:9 voting for 0 voting against4 absent
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General Description:
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This bill addresses water rights addenda.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ allows certain signatures to be by facsimile or electronic means; and
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▸ makes technical changes.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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AMENDS:
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57-3-109, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 70
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 57-3-109 is amended to read:
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57-3-109 . Water rights addenda.
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(1) As used in this section:
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(a) "Applicable deed" means a deed executed on or after July 1, 2011:
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(i) conveying fee simple title to land; or
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(ii) conveying title to water rights without conveying title to land.
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(b) "Water rights addendum" means a written document that:
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(i) is an addendum to an applicable deed;
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(ii) is in a form approved by the Legislature in a joint resolution; and
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(iii)(A) identifies and describes the water rights transferred under an applicable S.B. 33 12-19 17:23
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deed; or
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(B) states that no water rights are transferred under an applicable deed.
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(2) Beginning July 1, 2011, a person submitting an applicable deed to a county recorder's
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office for recording may also submit a water rights addendum as an addendum to the
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applicable deed.
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(3)(a) A grantor shall complete and sign a water rights addendum submitted under
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Subsection (2).
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(b)[(i)] A grantee shall sign a water rights addendum to acknowledge receipt of a
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copy of the water rights addendum.
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[(ii)]
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(c) A grantor's or grantee's signature on a water rights addendum may be by facsimile or
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electronic means.
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(4) The state engineer shall use and make available to the public the water rights addendum
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form approved by the Legislature.
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(5) Upon recording an applicable deed with a water rights addendum, a county recorder
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shall transmit a paper or electronic copy of the deed and water rights addendum to the
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state engineer.
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Section 2. Effective date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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