45-262

45-262. Settlement of Indian claims;
effect

Contributions of surface water by an appropriator to an Indian water rights
settlement shall not diminish the appropriator's decreed water right pursuant to section
45-257 unless a severance and transfer of that right are specifically provided for in the
settlement agreement, but the appropriator shall not use water available under its
decreed right if the water is actually being used by an Indian tribe pursuant to the
settlement agreement. The decree entered for the appropriator shall include any
contributions that are made and that are designated as for the benefit of the tribe,
subject to the provisions of the settlement agreement.