Wyoming § 41-4-103 Cooperation and agreements with Utah;
appropriations to Montana

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-4-103 — Cooperation and agreements with Utah; appropriations to Montana

Wyoming § 41-4-103

Title 41Water

Ch. 4BOARD OF CONTROL; ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-4-103 (2026).

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The state engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to receive
and grant applications to appropriate water from streams in
Wyoming where such water is to be conveyed and used for
beneficial purposes within the state of Utah, and the board of
control is hereby authorized and empowered to issue certificates
of appropriation under such permits as may be granted by the
state engineer of Wyoming upon certification from the state
engineer of Utah that the waters appropriated have been put to
beneficial uses set forth in the permits. The state engineer and
the board of control of Wyoming are also authorized and
empowered to cooperate with the state engineer of Utah in the
determination, supervision, regulation and control of all water
and water rights on all interstate streams; and to these end

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The state engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to receive
and grant applications to appropriate water from streams in
Wyoming where such water is to be conveyed and used for
beneficial purposes within the state of Utah, and the board of
control is hereby authorized and empowered to issue certificates
of appropriation under such permits as may be granted by the
state engineer of Wyoming upon certification from the state
engineer of Utah that the waters appropriated have been put to
beneficial uses set forth in the permits. The state engineer and
the board of control of Wyoming are also authorized and
empowered to cooperate with the state engineer of Utah in the
determination, supervision, regulation and control of all water
and water rights on all interstate streams; and to these ends
the state engineer and board of control of Wyoming, by and with
the consent of the governor, may enter into the necessary
agreements with the state engineer of Utah to carry out the
purposes of this section; provided, that such agreements are not
in conflict with the provisions of the irrigation laws now in
force in this state; provided, further, that such authority
shall not be exercised by the state engineer or board of control
until after the state of Utah has passed a law granting its
state engineer like authority to that granted to the state
engineer and board of control of Wyoming by this section. The
state engineer is further authorized and empowered to receive
and grant applications to appropriate water from the Little
Missouri River in Wyoming where such water is to be conveyed and
used for beneficial purposes within the state of Montana, and
the board of control is hereby authorized and empowered to issue
certificates of appropriation under such permits as may be
granted by the state engineer of the state of Wyoming, upon
certification from the state of Montana that the waters
appropriated have been put to beneficial uses set forth in the
permit. Provided that the granting of any such permit for
application to beneficial uses in the state of Montana shall in
no manner impair or injure any existing water rights in the
state of Wyoming.