CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER
- Part 1. General Provisions
- 85-2-101. Declaration of policy and purpose.
- 85-2-102. Definitions.
- 85-2-103. Measurement of water.
- 85-2-104. Repealed.
- 85-2-105. Environmental quality council -- water policy duties.
- 85-2-106. through reserved.
- 85-2-111. Department powers.
- 85-2-112. Department duties.
- 85-2-113. Department powers and duties.
- 85-2-114. Judicial enforcement.
- 85-2-115. Entry on land.
- 85-2-116. Legal assistance.
- 85-2-117. Water right records for filing with local clerk and recorder.
- 85-2-118. through reserved.
- 85-2-121. Administrative proceedings.
- 85-2-122. Penalties.
- 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 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 reserved.
- 85-2-141. Water leasing program.
- 85-2-142. through reserved.
- 85-2-150. Chronically dewatered watercourse -- identification.
- Part 2. Adjudication of Water Rights
- 85-2-201. Repealed.
- 85-2-202. Repealed.
- 85-2-203. Repealed.
- 85-2-204. Repealed.
- 85-2-205. Repealed.
- 85-2-206. Repealed.
- 85-2-207. Repealed.
- 85-2-208. Repealed.
- 85-2-209. Repealed.
- 85-2-210. Repealed.
- 85-2-211. Repealed.
- 85-2-212. Order by supreme court.
- 85-2-213. Notice of order.
- 85-2-214. Commencement of action.
- 85-2-215. Consolidation of matters.
- 85-2-216. Venue for water rights determinations.
- 85-2-217. Suspension of adjudication.
- 85-2-218. Process and criteria for designating priority basins or subbasins.
- 85-2-219. and reserved.
- 85-2-221. Filing of claim of existing water right -- filing late claim.
- 85-2-222. Exemptions.
- 85-2-223. Public recreational uses.
- 85-2-224. Statement of claim.
- 85-2-225. Filing fee -- processing fee for remitted claims.
- 85-2-226. Abandonment by failure to file claim.
- 85-2-227. Claim to constitute prima facie evidence -- relevant evidence -- abandonment -- criteria for presumption of municipal nonabandonment.
- 85-2-228. Federal reserved water rights with priority date of July 1, 1973, or later -- process and adjudication -- purpose.
- 85-2-229. and reserved.
- 85-2-231. Temporary preliminary and preliminary decree.
- 85-2-232. Availability of temporary preliminary or preliminary decree.
- 85-2-233. Hearing on temporary preliminary decree or preliminary decree -- procedure.
- 85-2-234. Final decree.
- 85-2-235. Appeals.
- 85-2-236. Certificate of water right.
- 85-2-237. Reopening and review of decrees.
- 85-2-238. through reserved.
- 85-2-241. Repealed.
- 85-2-242. Repealed.
- 85-2-243. Department assistance to water judges.
- 85-2-244. through reserved.
- 85-2-247. Purpose.
- 85-2-248. Resolution of issue remarks other than by objection.
- 85-2-249. Prioritization of workload.
- 85-2-250. Definition.
- 85-2-251. through reserved.
- 85-2-270. Findings -- purpose.
- 85-2-271. Benchmarks -- action taken if not met -- claims examination priority.
- 85-2-272. Repealed.
- 85-2-273. Repealed.
- 85-2-274. and reserved.
- 85-2-276. Repealed.
- 85-2-277. and reserved.
- 85-2-279. Repealed.
- 85-2-280. Water adjudication account.
- 85-2-281. Reporting requirements.
- 85-2-282. Examination of claims in verified basins.
- 85-2-283. Repealed.
- Part 3. Appropriations, Permits, and Certificates of Water Rights
- 85-2-301. Right to appropriate -- recognition and confirmation of permits issued after July 1, 1973.
- 85-2-302. Application for permit -- definition.
- 85-2-303. Permit for conversion of nonproductive oil or gas well.
- 85-2-304. Appropriation by state board of land commissioners.
- 85-2-305. Appropriation permit for reservoir.
- 85-2-306. Exceptions to permit requirements.
- 85-2-307. Notice of application for permit or change in appropriation right.
- 85-2-308. Objections.
- 85-2-309. Hearings on objections -- jurisdiction.
- 85-2-310. Action on application for permit or change in appropriation right.
- 85-2-311. Criteria for issuance of permit.
- 85-2-312. Terms of permit.
- 85-2-313. Provisional permit.
- 85-2-314. Revocation or modification of permit or change in appropriation right.
- 85-2-315. Certificate of water right.
- 85-2-316. State reservation of waters.
- 85-2-317. Limitation on appropriation of ground water.
- 85-2-318. Water right appropriation account.
- 85-2-319. Permit action in highly appropriated basins or subbasins.
- 85-2-320. Change in appropriation right authorization for instream flow -- United States department of agriculture, forest service.
- 85-2-321. Milk River basin -- suspension of action on permits -- proposal -- priority in adjudication process.
- 85-2-322. Hearing -- order.
- 85-2-323. Request to modify suspension -- order.
- 85-2-324. through reserved.
- 85-2-327. Terminated.
- 85-2-328. Terminated.
- 85-2-329. Definitions.
- 85-2-330. Basin closure -- exceptions.
- 85-2-331. Reservations within Missouri River basin and Little Missouri River basin.
- 85-2-332. through reserved.
- 85-2-335. Definitions.
- 85-2-336. Basin closure -- exception.
- 85-2-337. Repealed.
- 85-2-338. Upper Clark Fork River basin steering committee -- membership and duties -- comprehensive management plan.
- 85-2-339. Terminated.
- 85-2-340. Definitions.
- 85-2-341. Basin closure -- exceptions.
- 85-2-342. Definitions.
- 85-2-343. Basin closure -- exceptions.
- 85-2-344. Bitterroot River subbasin temporary closure -- definitions -- exceptions.
- 85-2-345. through reserved.
- 85-2-350. Clark Fork River basin task force -- duties -- water management plan.
- 85-2-351. Notice to permitholders -- Clark Fork River basin.
- 85-2-352. through reserved.
- 85-2-355. Definition.
- 85-2-356. through reserved.
- 85-2-360. Ground water appropriation right in closed basins.
- 85-2-361. Hydrogeologic assessment -- definition -- minimum requirements.
- 85-2-362. Aquifer recharge or mitigation plans in closed basins -- minimum requirements.
- 85-2-363. Process for combining decisions on ground water permit applications in closed basins.
- 85-2-364. Department permit coordination -- requirements for aquifer recharge or mitigation plans.
- 85-2-365. through reserved.
- 85-2-368. Aquifer storage and recovery projects in closed basins.
- 85-2-369. Aquifer testing, test well, or monitoring well data submission -- not beneficial use.
- 85-2-370. Rulemaking.
- Part 4. Utilization of Water
- 85-2-401. Priority -- recognition and confirmation of changes in appropriations issued after July 1, 1973.
- 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.
- 85-2-409. Repealed.
- 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.
- 85-2-414. Conduction of water.
- 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.
- 85-2-419. Salvaged water.
- 85-2-420. reserved.
- 85-2-421. Purpose.
- 85-2-422. Definition.
- 85-2-423. Water right ownership update form.
- 85-2-424. Filing.
- 85-2-425. Repealed.
- 85-2-426. Fee.
- 85-2-427. through reserved.
- 85-2-431. Penalty.
- 85-2-432. through reserved.
- 85-2-436. Instream flow to protect, maintain, or enhance streamflows to benefit fishery resource -- change in appropriation rights by department of fish, wildlife, and parks until June 30, 2019.
- 85-2-437. Repealed.
- 85-2-438. Repealed.
- 85-2-439. Repealed.
- 85-2-440. Repealed.
- Part 5. Ground Water
- 85-2-501. Definitions.
- 85-2-502. Administrative rules.
- 85-2-503. Controlled ground water subareas.
- 85-2-504. Standards for determining fresh water.
- 85-2-505. Waste and contamination of ground water prohibited.
- 85-2-506. Controlled ground water areas -- designation or modification.
- 85-2-507. Repealed.
- 85-2-508. Controlled ground water areas -- permits to appropriate.
- 85-2-509. Repealed.
- 85-2-510. Production of water from oil and gas wells -- hearings -- jurisdiction of board of oil and gas conservation.
- 85-2-511. Repealed.
- 85-2-512. Investigations.
- 85-2-513. Repealed.
- 85-2-514. Inspection of wells.
- 85-2-515. Information available to public.
- 85-2-516. Well logs.
- 85-2-517. Reports by water well drillers.
- 85-2-518. Repealed.
- 85-2-519. Repealed.
- 85-2-520. Repealed.
- 85-2-521. Renumbered .
- 85-2-522. Aquifer tests.
- 85-2-523. Rulemaking.
- 85-2-524. Criteria for petition applications.
- 85-2-525. Ground water investigation program -- advisory committee.
- Part 6. Yellowstone River Basin
- Part 7. Indian and Federal Water Rights -- Water Rights Within Indian Reservations
- 85-2-701. Legislative intent.
- 85-2-702. Negotiation with Indian tribes.
- 85-2-703. Negotiation with federal government.
- 85-2-704. Termination of negotiations.
- 85-2-705. Status reports to chief water judge.
- 85-2-706. Renumbered .
- 85-2-707. Renumbered .
- 85-2-708. Water administration interim agreements within Indian reservations.
- Part 8. Diversions From the Yellowstone River Basin
- 85-2-801. Definitions.
- 85-2-802. Authority to approve diversions.
- 85-2-803. Legislative review.
- 85-2-804. Application -- notice -- objections -- hearing.
- 85-2-805. Criteria for approval -- terms.
- 85-2-806. Combined proceeding.
- 85-2-807. Department authorized to appear in administrative and legal proceedings.
- Part 9. Ground Water Assessment