Kansas Statutes 82a-1313. Same; withdrawal of water under contract; exercise and protection of rights
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1313
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means and includes a natural person, partnership, organization, association, private corporation, public corporation, any taxing district or political subdivision of the state, and any department or agency of the state government. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1301
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Persons having contracts under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 82a-1305 for withdrawal of water may use waters withdrawn thereunder as provided in such contract without obtaining a permit or water right under article 7 of chapter 82a of Kansas Statutes Annotated. Such persons shall be entitled to the same protection of their rights under such contracts as the owner of any other vested property interest (including vested rights, appropriation rights and approved applications for permits to appropriate water) is entitled to receive. No person shall be entitled to any waters withdrawn under this act from the conservation storage water supply of any reservoir except in accordance with a contract under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 82a-1305.