Kansas Statutes
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, ยง 13; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 82a - Waters And Watercourses

Article 7 - Appropriation Of Water For Beneficial Use

82a-701 Definitions.

82a-702 Dedication of use of water.

82a-703 Water may be appropriated subject to vested rights.

82a-703a Minimum streamflows; duties of chief engineer.

82a-703b Minimum desirable streamflows; condition of appropriation right, applicability.

82a-703c Minimum streamflows established.

82a-704a Determination of vested rights; procedure; duties of chief engineer.

82a-704b Same; notice.

82a-704c Same; supplemental to Kansas water appropriation act.

82a-705 Acquisition of a new appropriation right to use water other than domestic; approval.

82a-705a Domestic use after June 28, 1945; information to chief engineer.

82a-706 Duties of chief engineer as to beneficial use and rights of priority of appropriation.

82a-706a Rules, regulations and standards.

82a-706b Diversion of water prohibited, when; unlawful acts; enforcement and augmentation by chief engineer.

82a-706c Meters, gages and other measuring devices; waste and quality checks.

82a-706d Duties of attorney general.

82a-706e State field offices and commissioners.

82a-707 Principles governing appropriations; priorities.

82a-708a Applications for permits to appropriate water; fee.

82a-708b Application for change in place of use, point of diversion or use; fee; review of action on application.

82a-708c Application for term permits to appropriate water; fee.

82a-709 Same; contents; time of filing.

82a-710 Same; return for correction or completion; maps, plats, plans and drawings; default in refiling.

82a-711 Permits to appropriate water; standards for approval of use; review of action on application.

82a-711a Same; express conditions of appropriations.

82a-712 Same; notice of approval or disapproval of application; approval constitutes permit.

82a-713 Same; limiting time for perfection of appropriation; extension.

82a-714 Same; completion of works; extension of time; certificate of appropriation; fees.

82a-715 Same; validation of certain applications.

82a-716 Common-law claimants; action for compensation; injunctions.

82a-717a Diversions by common-law claimants and others; complaints, investigations and orders.

82a-718 Abandonment of water rights; notices; hearing; review of action; exceptions.

82a-719 Distribution of water according to decree of court.

82a-720 Same; certified copies of decrees.

82a-721 Construction of act.

82a-721a Same; damages to land.

82a-722 Invalidity of part.

82a-724 Review of administrative actions.

82a-725 Same; reference to state division or its chief engineer; procedures; cases in federal courts.

82a-726 Diversion and transportation of water for use in another state; approval by chief engineer; conditions.

82a-727 Temporary permits to appropriate water; extension; fee; rules and regulations.

82a-728 Unlawful acts; penalties.

82a-729 Act supplemental to article 7 of chapter 82a of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

82a-730 Citation of act.

82a-731 Water appropriation certification fund created; expenditures therefrom.

82a-732 Annual water use report required; penalty for violations.

82a-733 Conservation plans and practices.

82a-734 Sand and gravel pits; beneficial use of water, when; permit; application; fee; perfection of appropriation; examination of diversion works; assessment of water protection fee.

82a-734a Sand and gravel pits, land-based; prohibition on certain rules and regulations, conditions.

82a-736 Multi-year flex accounts; definitions; establishment; conditions; term permits; fees.

82a-737 Civil enforcement of act.

82a-738 Studies and recommendations of chief engineer and state geological survey; report.

82a-739 Installation of water flow measurement and data recording devices below Cedar Bluff reservoir; authorization of property owners; dissemination of data and report to legislative committees.

82a-741 Water conservation program; enrollment; application; fees; administration; rules and regulations.

82a-742 Division of a water right; application; fee.

82a-743 Limited transfer permits; term; fee; base water right; rules and regulations.

82a-744 Water management and conservation measures; due consideration by chief engineer.

82a-745 Water conservation areas; establishment procedures; duties of chief engineer; notice; orders; consent agreement; review; flexibility; impairment.

82a-761 Title; implementation.

82a-762 Definitions.

82a-763 Water bank authority; deposits and leases; safe deposit accounts; restrictions.

82a-764 Bankable water right, determination of.

82a-765 Water bank charter; approval; requirements.

82a-766 Water bank annual reports.

82a-767 Evaluation of water bank; evaluation team; extension or lapse of charter; charter review.

82a-768 Application of law relating to abandonment of water right.

82a-769 Rules and regulations.

82a-770 Enforcement of act.

82a-771 Payment of certain costs of water bank.

82a-772 Water resources cost fund.

82a-773 Water office cost fund.