73-10-1.5 - Board of Water Resources -- Creation -- Transfer of powers and duties.
73-10-1.5. Board of Water Resources -- Creation -- Transfer of powers and duties.
There is created within the Department of Natural Resources a Board of Water Resourceswhich, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall assume all of the policy-making functions,powers, duties, rights and responsibilities of the Utah water and power board, together with allfunctions, powers, duties, rights and responsibilities granted to the Board of Water Resources bythis act. The Board of Water Resources shall be the policy-making body of the Division of WaterResources. Except as otherwise provided in this act, whenever reference is made in Title 73, orany other provision of law, to the Utah Water and Power Board, it shall be construed as referringto the Board of Water Resources where such reference pertains to policy-making functions,powers, duties, rights and responsibilities; but in all other instances such reference shall beconstrued as referring to the Division of Water Resources.
Enacted by Chapter 176, 1967 General Session