Bill Title: Amends existing law to provide that a person or entity operating a canal or conduit for irrigation or other beneficial uses authorized by a water right that permits water to be diverted from a natural watercourse for such purposes shall not be required to obtain an additional water right for the incidental use of that same water where the water is diverted for irrigation or other beneficial use and thereafter used to generate hydroelectricity in the canal or conduit, to provide conditions, to provide that the incidental hydropower use shall be junior to and fully subordinated to all existing and future uses, and shall be nonconsumptive and to provide for certain written notice.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-23 - Signed by Governor on 03/23/16 Session Law Chapter 139 Effective: 07/01/2016 [S1278 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	House Third Reading	2016-03-15	68	0	0	2	70	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Senate Third Reading	2016-02-26	35	0	0	0	35	Passed	Link	View