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Terms Used In Utah Code 73-3-2- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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In order to acquire the right to use any unappropriated public water in this state, any person who is a citizen of the United States, or who has filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen as required by the naturalization laws, or any association of citizens or declarants, or any corporation, or the state of Utah by the directors of the divisions of travel development, business and economic development, wildlife resources, and state lands and forestry, or the executive director of the Department of Transportation for the use and benefit of the public, or the United States of America shall make an application in a form prescribed by the state engineer before commencing the construction, enlargement, extension, or structural alteration of any ditch, canal, well, tunnel, or other distributing works, or performing similar work tending to acquire such rights or appropriation, or enlargement of an existing right or appropriation. |
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The application shall be upon a form to be furnished by the state engineer and shall set forth:
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the name and post office address of the person, corporation, or association making the application; |
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the nature of the proposed use for which the appropriation is intended; |
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the quantity of water in acre-feet or the flow of water in second-feet to be appropriated; |
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the time during which it is to be used each year; |
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the name of the stream or other source from which the water is to be diverted; |
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the place on the stream or source where the water is to be diverted and the nature of the diverting works; |
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the dimensions, grade, shape, and nature of the proposed diverting channel; and |
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other facts that clearly define the full purpose of the proposed appropriation. |
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