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KS Stat § 82a-773 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 7 - Appropriation Of Water For Beneficial Use|82a-773 Water office cost fund.

82a-773. Water office cost fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the water office cost fund. The director of the Kansas water office shall remit to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, all moneys received by the water office to reimburse costs as required by K.S.A. 82a-771, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit it to the water office cost fund.(b) Moneys in the water office cost fund shall be expended only for the Kansas water office's costs of providing assistance and services as provided by this act.(c) On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the water office cost fund interest earnings based on:(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the water office cost fund for the preceding month; and(2) the net earnings rate for the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.(d) All expenditures from the water office cost fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas water office for the purposes set forth in this section.History: L. 2001, ch. 160, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-901a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-901a Legislative declaration.

82a-901a. Legislative declaration. The people of the state can best achieve the proper utilization and control of the water resources of the state through comprehensive planning which coordinates and provides guidance for the management, conservation and development of the state's water resources.History: L. 1981, ch. 398, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-902 State water resource planning act; definitions.

82a-902. State water resource planning act; definitions. The following words when used in this act, shall have the meaning ascribed in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:(a) "Person" means and includes a natural person, partnership, organization, association, private corporation, public corporation, any taxing district or political subdivision of the state, and any department or agency of the state government.(b) "Public corporation" means a body that has for its object the government of a political subdivision of this state and includes any county, township, city, district, authority, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state.(c) "Federal government" means the United States of America or any department or agency thereof.(d) "Office" means the Kansas water office.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-903 Same; formulation of state water plan; cooperation of state water agencies; advice of general public.

82a-903. Same; formulation of state water plan; cooperation of state water agencies; advice of general public. In accordance with the policies and long-range goals and objectives established by the legislature, the office shall formulate on a continuing basis a comprehensive state water plan for the management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state. Such state water plan shall include sections corresponding with water planning areas as determined by the office. The Kansas water office and the Kansas water authority shall seek advice from the general public and from committees consisting of individuals with knowledge of and interest in water issues in the water planning areas. The plan shall set forth the recommendations of the office for the management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state, including the general location, character, and extent of such existing and proposed projects, programs, and facilities as are necessary or desirable in the judgment of the office to accomplish such policies, goals and objectives. The plan shall specify standards for operation and management of such projects, programs, and facilities as are necessary or desirable. The plan shall be formulated and used for the general purpose of accomplishing the coordinated management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state. The division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture, state geological survey, the division of environment of the department of health and environment, department of wildlife, parks and tourism, Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation and all other interested state agencies shall cooperate with the office in formulation of such plan.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 129; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 340, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 118, § 193; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 146; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 135; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-905 Same; public hearings on state water plan or sections thereof, procedure; approval by Kansas water authority and submission to legislature and governor of plan or sections thereof.

82a-905. Same; public hearings on state water plan or sections thereof, procedure; approval by Kansas water authority and submission to legislature and governor of plan or sections thereof. Prior to the submission of the state water plan or any section thereof or any amendment thereto to the Kansas water authority, the legislature and the governor, the office shall hold public hearings at such place or places as may be convenient to the area affected, to consider the state water plan or one or more sections thereof or amendments thereto, and to hear protests or petitions of all interested persons. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least twice prior to such hearing in the Kansas register. The office shall send, by United States mail, a reasonable notice of hearing to (1) such agencies of the state as have an interest in the management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state, (2) the county clerk of each county affected by the proposed plan, (3) the agencies of the federal government having an interest in water resources management, conservation and development, and (4) such persons, public or private, as have requested notification in writing from the office. In addition, the office may send notice of a scheduled hearing to any person or persons it deems proper. The office shall furnish a summary of the proposed plan to those persons it is required by law to notify of a public hearing and to such other persons as request a summary. The records of hearings shall be public records and open for inspection at the Kansas water office. The office shall give due consideration to the matters presented at such public hearing and shall then present the plan to the Kansas water authority. Upon approval by the authority, the office shall submit the plan to the legislature and the governor. Provisions in this section concerning notice and summary shall be directive and not jurisdictional.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 5; L. 1967, ch. 420, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 35; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-906 State water resource planning act; submission of plan and recommendations to governor and legislature.

82a-906. State water resource planning act; submission of plan and recommendations to governor and legislature. The Kansas water office, with the approval of the Kansas water authority, annually shall submit to the legislature and to the governor an up-dated water plan containing recommendations which are necessary to achieve the long-range goals and objectives for the management, conservation and development of the waters of the state as set forth in K.S.A. 82a-927, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 6; L. 1967, ch. 420, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 451, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 6; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 341, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-907 State water resource planning act; considerations in formulation of state water plan.

82a-907. State water resource planning act; considerations in formulation of state water plan. In formulating the state water plan the office shall consider:(a) The management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state for the benefit of the state as a whole;(b) the benefits to be derived from development of reservoir sites for the combined purposes of flood control, water supply storage and recreation;(c) the safeguards to public health, aquatic and animal life established by K.S.A. 65-161 to 65-171t, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and the Kansas water quality management plan approved and adopted as provided by chapter 351 of the 1979 Session Laws;(d) the water development policies, whenever possible, consistent with the beneficial development of other natural resources;(e) the public health and general welfare of the people of the state;(f) all appropriation and other rights to the use of water that exist pursuant to the Kansas water appropriation act and the state water plan storage act;(g) the interrelationship of groundwater and surface water supplies and the effects of evapotranspiration on water supply;(h) the alternative plans, programs and projects in the interest of effective water resource management, conservation and development;(i) the means and methods for the protection of aquatic and other wildlife;(j) the use of waters to augment the flow of surface streams for the support of aquatic and other wildlife and to improve the water quality of the stream and to protect the public health;(k) the inclusion of conservation storage in reservoir development and planning for the regulation of streamflow for the purpose of quality control, such inclusion not to serve as a substitute for methods of controlling wastes at their sources;(l) the maintenance, preservation and protection of the sovereignty of the state over all the waters within the state;(m) plans, projects and recommendations of public corporations, the federal government and state agencies prepared pursuant to statutory authority;(n) plans, recommendations and projects of private associations or organizations as they relate to the water resources of the state;(o) the need of the state to control storage in federal reservoirs by purchase or agreement; and(p) such other matters as the office deems proper or desirable.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 7; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 7; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 394, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-910 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-910 Same; recommendations to federal agencies as to future water supply storage; agreements with federal government; petition concerning future water supply needs.

82a-910. Same; recommendations to federal agencies as to future water supply storage; agreements with federal government; petition concerning future water supply needs. (a) Subject to the approval of the Kansas water authority, the office may recommend to any agency of the federal government the inclusion in any proposed or authorized federal project of any conservation storage features for water supply that the office expects will be needed within the state in the future for the achievement of the purposes of this act and the office may extend to and procure for any agency of the federal government reasonable assurances and evidence that such expected future demands for the use of such storage will be made within a period of time which will permit payment of the costs allocated to such purposes within the life of the project, if such assurances have been authorized by the state water plan.(b) When, in addition to actions taken under subsection (a), the office shall find it necessary or desirable for the achievement of the purposes of this act, the office may enter into agreements with the federal government for the repayment of costs for the inclusion of any conservation storage features for water supply that the office expects will be needed within the state in the future for achievement of such purposes if such agreements have been authorized by the state water plan and a person or persons have contracted for the use of a substantial portion of the recommended conservation storage and that such person or persons will use the water supply thereof within a period of time which will permit them to pay their proportionate share of the costs allocated to such needs within the life of the project.(c) Any person wishing the office to make a recommendation for storage features for expected future water supply needs, as provided in subsection (a), may petition the office and show that it (1) has good reason to and does believe that it will have future needs for the use of the additional storage; (2) will request the use of such storage by a time and for a duration that will permit it to pay the costs allocated to such purposes within the life of the project; (3) will be able to repay to the state the costs of the requested storage features; and (4) will insure compliance with such maintenance and operational requirements in the use of the expected future water supply requested as the office shall direct for the achievement of the purposes of this act.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 10; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 8; L. 1986, ch. 395, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-911 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-911 Same; recommendations of water office for inclusion in state plan of storage features for water supply on federal projects; findings.

82a-911. Same; recommendations of water office for inclusion in state plan of storage features for water supply on federal projects; findings. In its discretion, either upon its own initiative or in response to a specific request, the office, subject to the approval of the Kansas water authority, may include in the state water plan recommendations for the inclusion at state expense of any conservation storage features for water supply in any proposed or authorized or constructed water development project of the federal government of any conservation storage features for water supply that in the opinion of the office will be needed within the state in the future to achieve the purposes of this act. Before making such recommendations the office shall find that (1) such recommended features are consistent with the state water plan; (2) the recommended features will achieve or tend to achieve the purposes of this act; (3) the federal government will not at its expense include those features for the purposes contemplated by the office under terms which would assure essential state control of the waters of the state or meeting of state objectives, which purposes may include maintenance and operational requirements in the use thereof that the office shall specify for achievement of the purposes of this act; and (4) in the future some responsible person or persons will have needs for the use of all or a portion of the recommended conservation storage and that such person or persons will request the use thereof within a period of time which will permit them to pay out their proportionate share of the costs allocated to such needs within the life of the project.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 11; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 395, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-913 Same; statement of state costs.

82a-913. Same; statement of state costs. When any recommendation is made pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-911, and amendments thereto, the same shall include a statement of (1) the portion of the state costs for which the state does not anticipate repayment of its expenditures; and (2) the part of the state costs for which the state does anticipate repayment for its expenditures.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 13; L. 1986, ch. 395, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-915 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-915 State water resource planning act; contracts with federal government relative to release of water from projects or reservoirs, when.

82a-915. State water resource planning act; contracts with federal government relative to release of water from projects or reservoirs, when. The office is hereby authorized to negotiate with the federal government relative to releases of water from projects or reservoirs and to enter into agreements with the federal government with respect to the operation of projects or reservoirs for the releases of water, if such agreements are recommended by the state water plan.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 15; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 11; L. 1986, ch. 394, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 395, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 396, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-920 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-920 Same; projected costs of water management projects.

82a-920. Same; projected costs of water management projects. The office shall maintain in continuous process and revision tentative projected costs of water management projects for the coming years covering a total period of not less than 25 years, which projected costs the office shall submit with its annual budget request. In preparing such projections, the office shall include all items for which payment is expected to be made from state funds and anticipated revenues expected to be paid to the state.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 20; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 395, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-922 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-922 Same; expenditures from appropriations for Kansas water office, procedure.

82a-922. Same; expenditures from appropriations for Kansas water office, procedure. All expenditures from appropriations for the office shall be made in accordance with the applicable appropriation act upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas water office or by a person or persons designated by the director.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 22; L. 1974, ch. 452, § 21; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-923 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-923 State water plan; rules and regulations.

82a-923. State water plan; rules and regulations. The office shall adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act. Such rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state as provided by law. The Kansas water office may prepare and distribute, free or at cost, compilations of its rules and regulations.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 23; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 16; L. 1988, ch. 366, § 48; June 1.
KS Stat § 82a-924 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-924 Same; liberal construction.

82a-924. Same; liberal construction. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in this act or to exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 24; April 23.
KS Stat § 82a-925 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-925 Same; invalidity of part.

82a-925. Same; invalidity of part. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered, and it shall be presumed that the legislature would have enacted this law with the omission of the section, subsection, or clause held to be invalid.History: L. 1963, ch. 514, § 25; April 23.
KS Stat § 82a-927 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-927 State water plan; long-range goals.

82a-927. State water plan; long-range goals. The long-range goals and objectives of the state of Kansas for management, conservation and development of the waters of the state, are hereby declared to be:(a) The development, to meet the anticipated future needs of the people of the state, of sufficient supplies of water for beneficial purposes;(b) the reduction of damaging floods and of losses resulting from floods;(c) the protection and the improvement of the quality of the water supplies of the state;(d) the sound management, both public and private, of the atmospheric, surface, and groundwater supplies of the state;(e) the prevention of the waste of the water supplies of the state;(f) the prevention of the pollution of the water supplies of the state;(g) the efficient, economic distribution of the water supplies of the state;(h) the sound coordination of the development of the water resources of the state with the development of the other resources of the state; and(i) the protection of the public interest through the conservation of the water resources of the state in a technologically and economically feasible manner.History: L. 1965, ch. 558, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 398, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 392, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 82a-929 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-929 Same; state responsibility for water.

82a-929. Same; state responsibility for water. The state of Kansas hereby recognizes its responsibility and jurisdiction to protect, conserve, and control all waters affecting the people of the state, including those waters impounded in projects constructed pursuant to programs of the federal government.History: L. 1965, ch. 558, § 3; May 12.
KS Stat § 82a-930 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses|Article 9 - State Water Resource Planning|82a-930 Same; state responsibility to manage water conservation.

82a-930. Same; state responsibility to manage water conservation. The state of Kansas hereby recognizes its responsibility and jurisdiction to operate and to manage those water conservation features financed by the state, and it recognizes its duty to fulfill its responsibility and to exercise its jurisdiction through either direct action or contractual delegation and in accordance with any agreements made between the state and any operating person or agency: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to flood control features.History: L. 1965, ch. 558, § 4; May 12.