Utah 2025 Regular Session

Utah Senate Bill SB0033 Compare Versions

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1		-	~~Enrolled Copy~~ S.B. 33
	1	+	12-19 17:23 S.B. 33
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3	3		Water Rights Recording Amendments
4	4		2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	5		STATE OF UTAH
6	6		Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
7		-	House Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp
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11	10		LONG TITLE
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	12	+	Committee Note:
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	14	+	The Legislative Water Development Commission recommended this bill.
	15	+	6 Legislative Vote:9 voting for 0 voting against4 absent
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13	17		General Description:
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15	19		This bill addresses water rights addenda.
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17	21		Highlighted Provisions:
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19	23		This bill:
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	24	+	11
21	25		▸ allows certain signatures to be by facsimile or electronic means; and
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	26	+	12
23	27		▸ makes technical changes.
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	28	+	13
25	29		Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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	30	+	14
27	31		None
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29	33		Other Special Clauses:
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31	35		None
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33	37		Utah Code Sections Affected:
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35	39		AMENDS:
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37	41		57-3-109, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 70
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41	45		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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43	47		Section 1. Section 57-3-109 is amended to read:
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45	49		57-3-109 . Water rights addenda.
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47	51		(1) As used in this section:
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49	53		(a) "Applicable deed" means a deed executed on or after July 1, 2011:
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51	55		(i) conveying fee simple title to land; or
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53	57		(ii) conveying title to water rights without conveying title to land.
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55	59		(b) "Water rights addendum" means a written document that:
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57	61		(i) is an addendum to an applicable deed;
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59	63		(ii) is in a form approved by the Legislature in a joint resolution; and
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61		-	(iii)(A) identifies and describes the water rights transferred under an applicable S.B. 33 ~~Enrolled Copy~~
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	65	+	(iii)(A) identifies and describes the water rights transferred under an applicable S.B. 33 12-19 17:23
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63	67		deed; or
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65	69		(B) states that no water rights are transferred under an applicable deed.
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67	71		(2) Beginning July 1, 2011, a person submitting an applicable deed to a county recorder's
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69	73		office for recording may also submit a water rights addendum as an addendum to the
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71	75		applicable deed.
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73	77		(3)(a) A grantor shall complete and sign a water rights addendum submitted under
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75	79		Subsection (2).
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77	81		(b)[(i)] A grantee shall sign a water rights addendum to acknowledge receipt of a
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79	83		copy of the water rights addendum.
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81	85		[(ii)]
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83	87		(c) A grantor's or grantee's signature on a water rights addendum may be by facsimile or
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85	89		electronic means.
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87	91		(4) The state engineer shall use and make available to the public the water rights addendum
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89	93		form approved by the Legislature.
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91	95		(5) Upon recording an applicable deed with a water rights addendum, a county recorder
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93	97		shall transmit a paper or electronic copy of the deed and water rights addendum to the
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95	99		state engineer.
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97	101		Section 2. Effective date.
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99	103		This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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