Nebraska § 46-515 Chief Water Officer; jurisdiction; power; authority

Nebraska Statutes

§ 46-515 — Chief Water Officer; jurisdiction; power; authority

Nebraska § 46-515

Ch. 46Irrigation and Regulation of Water

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-515 (2026).

Text

The Chief Water Officer is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority, when conditions stated in section  46-516  are found to exist, to establish reclamation districts for conserving, developing, and stabilizing supplies of water for domestic, irrigation, power, manufacturing, and other beneficial uses as herein provided.

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Legislative History

Source: Laws 1947, c. 173, § 3, p. 526; Laws 2025, LB317, § 152. Operative Date: July 1, 2025 Annotations: This and succeeding fourteen sections provide generally for the organization and establishment of reclamation districts as political corporate quasi-municipal subdivisions of the state. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).