Montana § 85-2-281 Reporting Requirements

Montana Statutes

§ 85-2-281 — Reporting Requirements

Montana § 85-2-281

Title 85WATER USE

Ch. 2SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER

Part 2Adjudication of Water Rights

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-281 (2026).

Text

85-2-281 . (Temporary) Reporting requirements. The department and the water court shall:

(1)provide quarterly reports to the water policy interim committee in accordance with 5-11-210 on:

(a)the progress of the adjudication on a basin-by-basin basis;

(b)the number of basins for which examination was completed during the reporting period;

(c)the number and type of decrees issued in the preceding year and in each quarter of the current year and an update on summary reports in review;

(d)the number of claims resolved each month in the preceding year;

(e)the percentage of claims resolved by basin, limited to basins under active review by the water court, after issuance of a decree and passage of the deadline of the notices of intent to appear; and

(f)compact status describing compacts a

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85-2-281 . (Temporary) Reporting requirements. The department and the water court shall:
(1) provide quarterly reports to the water policy interim committee in accordance with 5-11-210 on:
(a) the progress of the adjudication on a basin-by-basin basis;
(b) the number of basins for which examination was completed during the reporting period;
(c) the number and type of decrees issued in the preceding year and in each quarter of the current year and an update on summary reports in review;
(d) the number of claims resolved each month in the preceding year;
(e) the percentage of claims resolved by basin, limited to basins under active review by the water court, after issuance of a decree and passage of the deadline of the notices of intent to appear; and
(f) compact status describing compacts approved by the water court and pending compacts;
(2) include a status report on the adjudication in their presentation to the applicable appropriation subcommittees during each legislative session including the number of basins for which examination was completed during the reporting period; and
(3) provide a budget that outlines how each of the entities will be funded in the next biennium, including general fund money and state special revenue funds. (Terminates June 30, 2028--secs. 10, 11, Ch. 269, L. 2015.)

Legislative History

En. Sec. 8, Ch. 288, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 319, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 122, L. 2015; amd. Secs. 7, 9, Ch. 269, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 119, Ch. 261, L. 2021.