Kansas Statutes
§ 82a-1020 — Legislative declaration
It is hereby recognized that a need exists for the creation of special districts for the proper management of the groundwater resources of the state; for the conservation of groundwater resources; for the prevention of economic deterioration; for associated endeavors within the state of Kansas through the stabilization of agriculture; and to secure for Kansas the benefit of its fertile soils and favorable location with respect to national and world markets. It is the policy of this act to preserve basic water use doctrine and to establish the right of local water users to determine their destiny with respect to the use of the groundwater insofar as it does not conflict with the basic laws and policies of the state of Kansas. It is, therefore, declared that in the public interest it is nece
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Related
F. Arthur Stone & Sons v. Gibson
630 P.2d 1164 (Supreme Court of Kansas, 1981)
Attorney General Opinion No.
(Kansas Attorney General Reports, 2001)
Legislative History
L. 1972, ch. 386, § 1; July 1.
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