85-2-416. Duty of purchaser to dig ditches. A person desiring to purchase surplus water pursuant to 85-2-415 shall, at the person's own cost and expense, construct or dig the necessary flumes or ditches to receive and convey the surplus water desired by the person and pay or tender to the person having the right to the use, sale, or disposal of that water an amount equal to the necessary cost and expense of tapping any gulch, stream, reservoir, ditch, flume, or aqueduct and putting in gates, gauges, or other proper and necessary appliances usual and customary, and until that work is done, the delivery of the surplus water may not be required as provided in 85-2-415.
History: En. Sec. 2, p. 406, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 743, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 1264, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1898, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4861, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7114, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7114, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-824; amd. Sec. 2764, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Surface Water and Ground Water
85-2-402. Changes in appropriation rights -- definition
85-2-403. Transfer of appropriation right
85-2-404. Abandonment of appropriation right
85-2-405. Procedure for declaring appropriation rights abandoned
85-2-406. District court supervision of water distribution
85-2-407. Temporary changes in appropriation right
85-2-408. Temporary change authorization for instream flow -- additional requirements
85-2-410. Short-term lease of appropriation right
85-2-411. Water turned into natural channels
85-2-412. Return of surplus water to stream
85-2-413. Diversion of natural flow of waters -- when permitted
85-2-415. Owners of water to sell surplus
85-2-416. Duty of purchaser to dig ditches
85-2-417. Enforcement of right to surplus
85-2-418. Purchaser not to sell surplus water
85-2-420. Change in appropriation right for aquifer recharge or mitigation -- marketing
85-2-423. Water right ownership update form
85-2-428. through 85-2-430 reserved