SB255 Alabama 2017 Session
Updated Jul 24, 2021
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Arthur OrrSenatorRepublican- Session
- Regular Session 2017
- Title
- Water, use from Ala., Tennessee, and Tombigbee Rivers by non-riparian landowners under certain conditions for agricultural purposes, duties and reporting by Water Resources Commission, Sec. 9-10B-22.1 added
- Description
Under existing statutory law and case law, a landowner whose land is not contiguous to a body of water in this state does not have a right to use water from the body of water for agricultural irrigation.
This bill would apply to the Alabama River, the Tennessee River, and the Tombigbee River, and would authorize a landowner whose land is not contiguous to a natural body of water to use water for agricultural irrigation under certain circumstances.
- Subjects
- Water and Waterways
Bill Actions
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Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature