85-2-116. Legal assistance. (1) When requested by the department, the attorney general and the county attorneys within their respective counties shall perform legal services and conduct legal proceedings necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The department may also employ legal counsel to enforce this chapter and to conduct proceedings under it.
(2) If an appropriator who is a citizen of Montana becomes involved in a controversy to which any agency of the federal government or another state is a party, the department may in its discretion intervene as a party or provide necessary legal assistance to the citizen of Montana.
History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 452, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-899.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Surface Water and Ground Water
85-2-101. Declaration of policy and purpose
85-2-103. Measurement of water
85-2-105. Water policy interim committee duties
85-2-106. through 85-2-110 reserved
85-2-113. Department powers and duties
85-2-114. Judicial enforcement
85-2-117. Water right records for filing with local clerk and recorder
85-2-118. through 85-2-120 reserved
85-2-121. Administrative proceedings
85-2-123. Deposit of fees and penalties
85-2-124. Costs and fees for environmental impact statements
85-2-125. Recovery of costs and attorney fees by prevailing party
85-2-126. through 85-2-130 reserved
85-2-131. Application for change of watercourse name
85-2-132. Change of watercourse name -- public notice
85-2-133. Change of watercourse name -- hearing
85-2-134. Change of watercourse name -- judgment to be filed with county clerk
85-2-135. through 85-2-140 reserved
85-2-141. Water leasing program
85-2-142. through 85-2-144 reserved
85-2-145. Removal of natural obstruction to exercise water right -- consent or court ruling required
85-2-146. through 85-2-149 reserved
85-2-150. Chronically dewatered watercourse -- identification
85-2-151. through 85-2-153 reserved