42-502. FEDERAL AGENCIES — STOCKWATER RIGHTS. (1) No agency of the federal government, nor any agent acting on its behalf, shall acquire a stockwater right unless the agency owns livestock and puts the water to beneficial use. For purposes of this chapter, "stockwater rights" means water rights for the beneficial use for livestock.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, a permittee on a federally administered grazing allotment shall not be considered an agent of the federal government.
History:
[42-502, added 2017, ch. 178, sec. 2, p. 409.]