82a-1020. Legislative declaration. It is hereby recognized that a need exists for the creation of special districts for the proper management of the groundwater resources of the state; for the conservation of groundwater resources; for the prevention of economic deterioration; for associated endeavors within the state of Kansas through the stabilization of agriculture; and to secure for Kansas the benefit of its fertile soils and favorable location with respect to national and world markets. It is the policy of this act to preserve basic water use doctrine and to establish the right of local water users to determine their destiny with respect to the use of the groundwater insofar as it does not conflict with the basic laws and policies of the state of Kansas. It is, therefore, declared that in the public interest it is necessary and advisable to permit the establishment of groundwater management districts.
History: L. 1972, ch. 386, ยง 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses
Article 10 - Groundwater Management Districts
82a-1020 Legislative declaration.
82a-1023 Same; petition contents and signatures; filing with secretary of state.
82a-1028 District powers; home office.
82a-1034 District dissolution.
82a-1035 Payment of expenses of defeated proposed district organization.
82a-1038 Designation of intensive groundwater use control area; orders; review.
82a-1039 No limitation of authority of chief engineer.
82a-1040 Act supplemental to K.S.A. 82a-1020 to 82a-1035.
82a-1042 Groundwater management program; impact of proposed rules and regulations.