73-20-7 - Feasibility study required before approval of assistance.
73-20-7. Feasibility study required before approval of assistance.
Before approval of any application for financial assistance under this act, the board shallcause the division of water resources to conduct a feasibility study. Such cost-efficient study shallinclude all costs of acquisition and construction as well as costs incurred for preliminary planning,engineering, legal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans,working drawings, specifications, and any other action necessary for the construction orimprovement of the proposed water resource. The board may assess reasonable charges to afarmer or rancher for the cost of a feasibility study.
Enacted by Chapter 6, 1977 Special Session 1