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<br />"to 1; <br />001370 <br /> <br />STATE OF KANSAS <br /> <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />\I.ll",n Ih", Kansas Wat"'r R",sourc",s Board was crealed <br />in ]QS5. one of its firsl undetlakings was a study of lhe <br />laws of Kansas peltainmg 10 the benelicial use of v.aler <br />From that lime on the Board has conlmued to demte <br />careful attention 10 the legal climate al all levels of <br />governm('nt wIlh respect to the water resources of the <br />State. It has conllnued to recognize. both expressedly <br />and by Imphcatlon. Ihat plannmg and development lake <br />pla(e. and .;an only take place. wlthm a definite social. <br />legal. and mstilutional framework <br />The attl.'ntlOn mt'ntioned above has resullt'd 111 a <br />numbt'l of re.;ommt'ndallons for p05l(ive t'nactments III <br />the Sutt' watt'r resour..:e lield. It has. for t'xJmplt'.lt'd to <br />adoplilln of the Kansas House loncurrenl Re~lutions of <br />1961, to tht' t'nactml.'nt of the State Water Plan A.;t oj <br />1%3. :1l1d 10 the enaClmeat of the Stalt' Water Plan of <br />]%5 and liS IQ67 amendments Further. It has led to a <br /> <br />- ~ <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />-J <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />number of studies thai have been importanl in tht' reo <br />organiLJlion and rt'formulatiun of laws relating to the <br />acquisition uf water TIghts In Kansas and to the protel'. <br />lion of those rights. It is hoped that the followmg report <br />will It'ad to further insiP'lls and will afford the baSIS for <br />further inn'sligatiuns :l.IId activities in the areas discussed. <br />It must be leCt~nileJ that tht' respunsibility of thl.' Board <br />IS one of conlmuous. ne\er endmg mquiry <br />One thing deserves l'mphasis. The various opmions <br />and slJtules that are co\'t'reJ 111 the following report are <br />deal! wilh only as the~ w('re found. No elforl was made <br />to determine their df~(llven~ss and no Inquiry was made <br />to asc~rlJin their possible Of probable obsolescence. Fur. <br />ther. the mam .;on.;('rn with the topi~.s relating 10 Slate <br />agendes was with legislative artl.:u]alions. not with the <br />de fado operatlOn of those agen.:ies and not wllh their <br />admllll~lrative inl{'rpretallon~. aClI\'itl(,S. 01 prllgrams. <br />An understanding of this pomt oj departure IS n('~-('s.sary <br />for a proper understanding of the mailers reponed. <br /> <br />" <br />