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WY Stat § 41-3-604 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-604 - Commissioners; Additional Powers and Duties; Defense by County Attorney.

41-3-604. Commissioners; additional powers and duties; defense by county attorney.| It shall be the duty of the said water commissioner to divide the water of the natural stream or streams of his district among the several ditches and reservoirs taking water therefrom, according to the prior right of each, respectively, in whole or in part, and to shut and fasten, or cause to be shut and fastened, the headgates of ditches and shall regulate or cause to be regulated the controlling works of reservoirs, in times of scarcity of water, as may be necessary by reason of the priorities of right existing from said streams of his district. Such water commissioner shall have authority to regulate the distribution of water among the various users under any partnership or incorporated ditch or any ditch owned by joint owners not incorporated and not in a partnership, or partnership or incorporated reservoir or reservoir owned by joint owners not incorporated or not included in a partnership, where rights have been adjudicated, in accordance with existing decrees. Whenever, in the pursuance of his duties, the water commissioner regulates a headgate to a ditch or the controlling works of reservoirs, it shall be his duty to attach to such headgate or controlling works a written notice, properly dated and signed, setting forth the fact that such headgate or controlling works has been properly regulated and is wholly under his control and such notice shall be a legal notice to all parties interested in the division and distribution of the water of such ditch or reservoir. It shall be the duty of the county attorney to appear and defend the division superintendent or any water commissioner who shall be made a defendant in any case which may arise in the pursuance of the official duties of any such officer within the county of such county attorney.
WY Stat § 41-3-605 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-605 - Commissioners; Power to Arrest; Procedure Following Arrests.

41-3-605. Commissioners; power to arrest; procedure following arrests.| The water commissioners or their assistants, within their districts shall have power to arrest any person or persons offending, and turn them over to the sheriff of the proper county, and immediately upon delivering the person so arrested into the custody of the sheriff, it shall be the duty of the water commissioner making the arrest, to immediately in writing and upon oath, make complaint before the court of proper jurisdiction against the person arrested.
WY Stat § 41-3-606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-606 - Commissioners; Performance of Duties; Requests for Regulation.

41-3-606. Commissioners; performance of duties; requests for regulation.| Each water commissioner shall perform his duties under the general direction and supervision of the superintendent of his water division. Any holder of a Wyoming water right may request that the source of supply for his water rights be regulated by a water commissioner as authorized by law and in accordance with established priorities. Requests for regulation shall be in writing submitted to a water commissioner or water superintendent.
WY Stat § 41-3-607 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-607 - Commissioners; Salaries and Expenses.

41-3-607. Commissioners; salaries and expenses.| Water commissioners shall be paid a salary recommended by the state engineer and the division superintendent and approved by the governor. Water commissioners shall be paid by the state according to the procedures established by the human resources division of the department of administration and information. Funding for water commissioner salaries and expenses shall be provided by the state.
WY Stat § 41-3-608 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-608 - Commissioners; Reports.

41-3-608. Commissioners; reports.| (a) All water commissioners, when on duty, shall make reports whenever called upon to do so, by the division superintendent of their division. Said reports shall contain the following information:  (i) The amount of water actually coming into the district to supply ditches, canals and reservoirs;  (ii) Whether such supply is on the increase or decrease;  (iii) What ditches, canals and reservoirs are at that time without their proper supply; and  (iv) Such other and further information as the division superintendent of that division may require.
WY Stat § 41-3-609 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-609 - Commissioners; Disqualification for Personal Interest or Prejudice.

41-3-609. Commissioners; disqualification for personal interest or prejudice.| Whenever an affidavit is filed with the state engineer by a water user stating that the water commissioner of a district has a personal interest or prejudice in the use of water from a stream and that the person making the affidavit believes that because of the commissioner's interest or prejudice he cannot obtain a fair and just division of water, the state engineer may designate a water commissioner from another district as substitute commissioner.
WY Stat § 41-3-610 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-610 - Commissioners; Authority and Duties of Substitute.

41-3-610. Commissioners; authority and duties of substitute.| The substitute commissioner shall thereby be invested with the authority and duties possessed by the disqualified commissioner as to the portion of the stream in which the conflict of interest or prejudice is involved, subject to the same rights of appeal as are provided in other cases.
WY Stat § 41-3-611 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-611 - Commissioners; Assistants.

41-3-611. Commissioners; assistants.| Subject to legislative appropriation, a division superintendent may, in cases of emergency, employ suitable assistants to aid a water commissioner in the discharge of his duties. Assistants shall take the same oath as the water commissioner, shall obey his instructions, and each shall be compensated in an amount approved by the superintendent. The term of service of assistant commissioners may be terminated at any time by the water commissioner or the division superintendent, and shall in no event continue after the emergency has ceased to exist.
WY Stat § 41-3-612 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-612 - Rotation Among Water Users; Approval of Commissioner.

41-3-612. Rotation among water users; approval of commissioner.| (a) To bring about a more economical use of the available water supply, it is lawful for water users owning lands to which are attached water rights, to rotate in the use of supply to which they may be collectively entitled, or a single water user, having lands to which water rights of a different priority attach, may in like manner rotate in use, provided that all water rights subject to rotation are in priority. Rotation of water will be allowed only if it can be accomplished without injury to other appropriators.  (b) Prior to the commencement of any rotation in the use of water pursuant to this section, the owner or owners of the water rights to be rotated shall file a notice of intention to rotate with the appropriate water commissioner, on the form provided for that purpose by the commissioner, and shall obtain the water commissioner's written approval which shall be endorsed on the form.  (c) Performance of the rotation shall be enforced by the water commissioner in accordance with the terms and conditions included in the form signed and approved by the water commissioner. The state engineer may adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for him to efficiently administer this section.
WY Stat § 41-3-613 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-613 - Headgates, Flumes or Measuring Devices; Owners to Construct and Maintain; Failure to Comply.

41-3-613. Headgates, flumes or measuring devices; owners to construct and maintain; failure to comply.| The owner or owners of any ditch or canal shall maintain, to the satisfaction of the division superintendent of the division in which the irrigation works are located, a substantial headgate at the point where the water is diverted, which shall be of such construction that it can be locked and kept closed by the water commissioner; and such owners shall construct and maintain, when required by the division superintendent, flumes or other measuring devices at such points along such ditch as may be necessary for the purpose of assisting the water commissioner in determining the amount of water that is to be diverted into said ditch from the stream, or taken from it by the various users. Any and every owner or manager of a reservoir, located across or upon the bed of a natural stream, shall be required to construct and maintain, when required by the division superintendent, a flume or measuring device of a plan to be approved by the state engineer, below such reservoir at a point not to exceed six hundred (600) feet distant therefrom, and a flume or measuring device above such reservoir or each and every stream or source of supply discharging into such reservoir, for the purpose of assisting the water commissioner or superintendent in determining the amount of water to which prior appropriators are entitled and thereafter diverting it for such prior appropriators' use. When it may be necessary, for the protection of other water users, the division superintendent has authority to require flumes to be installed along the line of any ditch. If any such owner or owners of irrigation works shall refuse or neglect to construct and put in such headgates, flumes or measuring devices after ten (10) days notice to do so by division superintendent, it shall be the duty of the water commissioner of the district in which such headgate is located, on order of the division superintendent, to close such ditch to the passage of water, and the same shall not be opened or any water diverted from the source of supply, under the penalties prescribed by W.S. 41-3-614, until the requirements of the division superintendent as to such headgate, flumes or measuring device have been complied with, and if any owner, or manager of a reservoir located across the bed of a natural stream shall neglect or refuse to put in such measuring device after ten (10) days notice to do so by the division superintendent, the water commissioner shall open the sluice gate or outlet of such reservoir and the same shall not be closed under penalties pursuant to W.S. 41-3-614, until the requirements of the division superintendent as to such measuring devices are complied with.
WY Stat § 41-3-614 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-614 - Well, Headgate or Waterbox; Prohibited Acts; Penalty for Violation.

41-3-614. Well, headgate or waterbox; prohibited acts; penalty for violation.| It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully use or possess water which has been lawfully denied by the water commissioner or other competent authority or to open, close, change or interfere with any well, pump, reservoir outlet valve, dam, diversion, headgate or waterbox without authority. Any violation of this section shall be punishable pursuant to W.S. 41-3-616.
WY Stat § 41-3-615 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-615 - Approval of Diversion Dam Plans.

41-3-615. Approval of diversion dam plans.| Plans for any diversion dam across the channel of a running stream, above five (5) feet in height, or of any other diversion dam intended to retain water above ten (10) feet in height, shall be submitted to the state engineer for his approval, and it shall be unlawful to construct such diversion dam until the said plans have been approved.
WY Stat § 41-3-616 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 6 - Water Districts and Commissioners|Section 41-3-616 - Penalties for Violation of Water Laws.

41-3-616. Penalties for violation of water laws.| (a) Unless otherwise provided, any person violating any of the provisions of W.S. 41-3-112, 41-3-208, 41-3-301, 41-3-614, 41-3-914, 41-3-919, 41-3-938, 41-4-501, 41-4-504, 41-5-107, 41-5-108 or 41-5-110 after receipt of a written notice of violation from the state engineer's office or the board of control is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250.00). Each day of noncompliance with the provisions of these sections after receipt of a written notice of violation from the state engineer's office or the board of control shall be deemed a separate violation. The possession, use or presence upon any person s land of water lawfully denied by the water commissioner or other competent authority is prima facie evidence of guilt.  (b) Failure to comply with a written order issued by the state engineer pursuant to W.S. 41-3-112, 41-3-208, 41-3-301, 41-3-318, 41-3-614, 41-3-914, 41-3-919, 41-3-938, 41-4-501, 41-5-107, 41-5-108 or 41-5-110, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250.00), or imprisonment for not more than three (3) months, or both. Each day of noncompliance with the order shall be deemed a separate violation.  (c) Whenever, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, the state engineer finds the holder of any permit is willfully violating or has willfully violated any provision of a permit or any provision of W.S. 41-3-112, 41-3-208, 41-3-301, 41-3-318, 41-3-614, 41-3-914, 41-3-919, 41-3-937, 41-3-938, 41-4-501, 41-5-107, 41-5-108 or 41-5-110, or of any order issued pursuant thereto, the state engineer may cancel or suspend the permit or impose conditions on the future use thereof to prevent further violation. An appeal from any decision of the state engineer may be made to the board of control.  (d) Whenever, after notice and opportunity to be heard, the board of control finds the holder of any certificate of registration or certificate of appropriation is willfully violating or has willfully violated any provision of the certificate or any provisions of W.S. 41-3-112, 41-3-208, 41-3-301, 41-3-614, 41-3-914, 41-3-919, 41-3-937, 41-3-938, 41-4-501, 41-5-107, 41-5-108 or 41-5-110, or of any order issued pursuant thereto, the board of control may cancel or suspend the certificate or impose conditions on the future use thereof to prevent further violation. An appeal from any decision of the board of control may be taken to the district court.
WY Stat § 41-3-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-701 - Purpose.

41-3-701. Purpose.| (a) It is hereby declared that to provide for the conservation of the water resources of the state of Wyoming and for the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined by such districts are a public use and will:  (i) Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people of the state of Wyoming;  (ii) Indirectly benefit all industries of the state;  (iii) Indirectly benefit the state of Wyoming in the increase of its taxable property valuation;  (iv) Directly benefit municipalities by providing adequate supplies of water for domestic use;  (v) Directly benefit lands to be irrigated or drained from works to be constructed;  (vi) Directly benefit lands now under irrigation by stabilizing the flow of water in streams and by increasing flow and return flow of water to such streams;  (vii) Promote the comfort, safety and welfare of the people of the state of Wyoming, and it is therefore declared to be the policy of the state of Wyoming:  (A) To control, make use of and apply to beneficial use all unappropriated waters in this state to a direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic, transportation, industrial, manufacturing, irrigation, power, recreation and other beneficial uses;  (B) To obtain from water in Wyoming the highest duty for domestic uses and irrigation of lands in Wyoming within the terms of interstate compacts;  (C) To cooperate with the United States under the federal reclamation laws or other federal laws now existing, or hereafter enacted, and agencies of the state of Wyoming for the construction and financing of works in the state of Wyoming as herein defined and for the operation and maintenance thereof;  (D) To promote the greater prosperity and general welfare of the people of the state of Wyoming by encouraging the organization of water conservancy districts as provided in this act.
WY Stat § 41-3-703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-703 - Effect of Improper Notice of Judicial Proceeding.

41-3-703. Effect of improper notice of judicial proceeding.| In any and every case where a notice is provided for in this act, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the court shall in that case order due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
WY Stat § 41-3-704 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-704 - Hearings on Validity of Districts.

41-3-704. Hearings on validity of districts.| All cases in which there may arise a question of the validity of the organization of a water conservancy district, or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this act shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The courts shall be open at all times for the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 41-3-705 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-705 - Liberal Construction.

41-3-705. Liberal construction.| This act being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and for the security of public and private property, it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 41-3-720 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-720 - Power of District Court.

41-3-720. Power of district court.| The district court sitting in and for any county in this state, or any judge thereof in vacation is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority when the conditions stated in W.S. 41-3-721 are found to exist, to establish water conservancy districts which may be entirely within or partly within and partly without the judicial district in which said court is located, for conserving, developing and stabilizing supplies of water for domestic, transportation, industrial, manufacturing, irrigation, power, recreation, and other beneficial uses as herein provided.
WY Stat § 41-3-722 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-722 - Bond for Expenses of Proceedings.

41-3-722. Bond for expenses of proceedings.| At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on said petition a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the court, sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district be not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the court shall be satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed to be not less than ten (10) days distant and upon failure of the petitioners to execute the same, the petition shall be dismissed.
WY Stat § 41-3-725 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-725 - Filing of Decree and Copies of Findings.

41-3-725. Filing of decree and copies of findings.| Within thirty (30) days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the secretary of state, to the state engineer, and to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties having lands in said district, copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating said district. The same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and copies shall also be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent records; and the clerk and recorder in each county, and the secretary of state, shall receive for filing said copies such fees as now are or hereafter may be provided by law for like services in similar cases.