Sec 45-473. Conveyance of type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right; use by new owner; appurtenancy; within service area; outside service area; definition

A. The owner of a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right may convey the right only for a non-irrigation use and only with the land to which it is appurtenant. For purposes of this section, a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right means a non-irrigation grandfathered right associated with retired irrigated land pursuant to section 45-463 or 45-469 or an irrigation grandfathered right which was conveyed for a non-irrigation use pursuant to section 45-472.

B. If a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right is conveyed, the full amount of the right is conveyed.

C. If the land to which a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right is appurtenant is within the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company, the amount of groundwater conveyed pursuant to the right may be withdrawn by the new owner of the right only from the land to which the right is appurtenant subject to subsection F of this section. The groundwater may be used on the land to which the right is appurtenant, but may not be used on other land unless the use on other land was commenced prior to the date of the designation of the active management area or was commenced by the original owner of the right pursuant to a development plan filed with the director prior to the inclusion of the land within the exterior boundaries of the service area of the city, town or private water company.

D. If the land to which the type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right is appurtenant is outside of the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company, the amount of groundwater conveyed pursuant to the right may be withdrawn by the new owner of the right only from the land to which the right is appurtenant and used on that land or on any other land, subject to section 45-473.01 and to the provisions of articles 8 and 8.1 of this chapter relating to transportation of groundwater, and to subsection F of this section. If any portion of the amount of groundwater conveyed is withdrawn by the new owner and used on other land, no additional groundwater may be withdrawn for use on the land to which the right is appurtenant, except that, if the new owner is an industry, it may withdraw a portion of the amount of groundwater conveyed for use on other land and withdraw the remainder of the amount of groundwater conveyed for municipal and industrial use on the land to which the right is appurtenant for purposes directly related to the industry's industrial operation.

E. If groundwater was delivered by an irrigation district to the previous owner of a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right, the irrigation district may continue to deliver groundwater pursuant to the right to the new owner of the right.

F. The new owner of a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right pursuant to section 45-463 or 45-469 shall not withdraw or use groundwater pursuant to the portion of the type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right that is appurtenant to land which the new owner may irrigate with effluent under section 45-452, subsection J.

G. For purposes of this section, "land to which the right is appurtenant" means the acre or group of contiguous acres conveyed with a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right.