73-6-1 - Suspension of right to appropriate -- By proclamation of governor.
73-6-1. Suspension of right to appropriate -- By proclamation of governor.
For the purpose of preserving the surplus and unappropriated waters of any stream orother source of water supply for use by irrigation districts and organized agricultural water users,or for any use whatsoever, when in the judgment of the governor and the state engineer thewelfare of the state demands it, the governor by proclamation may, upon the recommendation ofthe state engineer, suspend the right of the public to appropriate such surplus or unappropriatedwaters.
No Change Since 1953