Minimum streamflows; duties of chief engineer

82a-703a. Minimum streamflows; duties of chief engineer. Whenever the legislature enacts legislation establishing a minimum desirable streamflow for any watercourse in this state, the chief engineer shall withhold from appropriation that amount of water deemed necessary to establish and maintain for the identified watercourse the desired minimum streamflow. History: L. 1980, ch. 332, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 379, § 21; L. 1985, ch. 338, § 1; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Legal Aspects of Water Storage in Federal Reservoirs in Kansas," John C. Peck, 32 K.L.R. 785 (1984). "Loss of Water Rights for Non-Use," John C. Peck and Constance Crittenden Owen, 43 K.L.R. 801, 809 (1995). "Does Groundwater Management Work?" Burke W. Griggs, 15 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 3, 391 (2006). "Groundwater Management in Kansas: A Brief History and Assessment," John C. Peck, 15 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 3, 441 (2006). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; statutory system where Kansas board of agriculture is elected by farm organization delegates violates equal protection. Hellebust v. Brownback, 824 F. Supp. 1511, 1514 (1993).