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<br />purposes for which they were intended, adjudicated, and integrated into <br /> <br />the State system for management of water rights, based on priority of <br />appropriation. <br /> <br />IOWA <br />Support legislation to make the scenic rivers program viable must be <br />enacted to: <br /> <br />protect critical water areas; <br /> <br /> <br />compel county and municipal zoning to meet minimum State guidelines <br /> <br /> <br />along designated river segments; <br /> <br /> <br />c. empower the Conservation Commission to condemn, for leas than fee <br /> <br />title those areas having outstanding scenic or natural <br />characteristics to ensure equitable treatment of all landowners along <br />a designated river segment and to protect the public values possessed <br />by such river reaches; <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />d. empower and provide funds for the State to reimburse local <br /> <br />governments with taxes lost as a result of public acquisition for the <br />scenic rivers programs in fee or less than fee title; <br /> <br /> <br />e. require county assessors to adjust property to reflect changes in <br /> <br /> <br />values resulting from perpetual conservation easements acquired by <br /> <br /> <br />governmental units for public benefit; and <br />f. continue the open space funding program. <br />KANSAS <br />Beneficial water-use purposes in Kansas include but are not limited to <br />domestic, stockwater, municipal, irrigation, agricultural, industrial, <br /> <br /> <br />streamflow regulation, public recreational and fish and wildlife, water power, <br /> <br /> <br />and navigation. Where uses conflict, priority of right is as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />domestic, municipal, irrigation, industrial, recreational, and water power <br /> <br />G-56 <br />