Water may be appropriated subject to vested rights

82a-703. Water may be appropriated subject to vested rights. Except as provided in K.S.A. 82a-703a and subject to vested rights, all waters within the state may be appropriated for beneficial use as herein provided. Nothing contained in this act shall impair the vested right of any person except for nonuse. History: L. 1945, ch. 390, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 332, § 1; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Constitutionality of water rights regulation, John Scurlock, 1 K.L.R. 125, 132, 298, 307 (1953). Modification or abolition of certain property rights under police power of state, Robert I. Guenthner, 15 K.L.R. 346, 362 (1967). The water depletion deduction in Kansas, 25 K.L.R. 453, 458 (1977). "Riparian Property Rights: Kansas Law of Riparian Ownership," Blaise R. Plummer, 21 W.L.J. 96, 112 (1981). "Water: Ground Water Reciprocity Requirement Violates the Commerce Clause," David B. Sutton, 22 W.L.J. 590, 596 (1983). "The Parting of the Waters—The Dispute Between Colorado and Kansas Over the Arkansas River," Mark J. Wagner, 24 W.L.J. 99 (1984). "Loss of Water Rights for Non-Use," John C. Peck and Constance Crittenden Owen, 43 K.L.R. 801, 806 (1995). "Softening the Fall: Expanding Water Banks to Extend Declining Kansas Aquifers," Jacob Turner, 27 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 252 (2019). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Purpose of statute mentioned in mandamus action. Artesian Valley Water Conservation Assn. v. Division of Water Resources, 174 Kan. 212, 213, 255 P.2d 1015. 2. Discussed, construed in exhaustive opinion holding act constitutional; due process; underlying ground waters. Williams v. City of Wichita, 190 Kan. 317, 334, 374 P.2d 578. 3. Cited in holding K.S.A. 82a-728 does not constitute unconstitutional taking of property. F. Arthur Stone & Sons v. Gibson, 230 Kan. 224, 230, 630 P.2d 1154 (1981).