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RCW 90.66.010 Short title.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Family Farm Water Act". [ 1979 c 3 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 59, approved November 8, 1977).]
RCW 90.66.020 Prior existing rights to withdraw and use public waters not affected.
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Nothing in this chapter shall affect any right to withdraw and use public waters if such rights were in effect prior to *the effective date of the act, and nothing herein shall modify the priority of any such existing right. [ 1979 c 3 s 2 (Initiative Measure No. 59, approved Nov…
RCW 90.66.030 Public policy enunciated—Maximum benefit from use of public waters—Irrigation.
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The people of the state of Washington recognize that it is in the public interest to conserve and use wisely the public surface and ground waters of the state in a manner that will assure the maximum benefit to the greatest possible number of its citizens. The maximum benefit to …
RCW 90.66.040 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall be applicable: (1) "Family farm" means a geographic area including not more than six thousand acres of irrigated agricultural lands, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, the controlling interest in which is held by…