Sec 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.