Nebraska Revised Statute 46-515
Chapter 46
46-515.
Chief Water Officer; jurisdiction; power; authority.
The Chief Water Officer is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority, when conditions stated in section 46-516 are found to exist, to establish reclamation districts for conserving, developing, and stabilizing supplies of water for domestic, irrigation, power, manufacturing, and other beneficial uses as herein provided.
Source
- Laws 1947, c. 173, § 3, p. 526;
- Laws 2025, LB317, § 152.
- Operative Date: July 1, 2025
Annotations
This and succeeding fourteen sections provide generally for the organization and establishment of reclamation districts as political corporate quasi-municipal subdivisions of the state. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).