Water Share Right Mutual Ditch Corporation
Summary
For a mutual ditch corporation, the act clarifies that, subject to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation:When stockholder demand exceeds supply, the corporation may limit or otherwise rotate delivery of water ratably among the stockholders; and When a stockholder is not using some of or all of the available water under the stockholder's shares, the remaining stockholders taking delivery of water through the ditch may use any unused portion of the water that would otherwise have been available to the first stockholder. The act specifies that it is not intended to prevent a stockholder from changing the use of the water rights represented by the stockholder's shares, create any impediments to changes in use, affect storage water rights, or change the standards for water court approval to change a water right.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Feb 16, 2021
Signed May 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2021 · House Mar 24, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
Apr 21, 2021
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican14
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 20, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeni James Arndt
DDemocratic
P
Jerry Sonnenberg
RRepublican
P
Marc Catlin
RRepublican
P
RF
Rhonda Fields
DDemocratic
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