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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />regular flow shall be taken."ll <br /> <br />In the case of Osterman <br /> <br />v. Central Neb. Public Power v. Irr. Dist.12 the Nebraska Supreme <br /> <br />Court interpreted this statute as effectively barring all <br /> <br />transbasin diversions. <br /> <br />A subsequent court decision overruled <br /> <br />Osterman13, and in 1981, the Nebraska legislature passed new <br /> <br />legislation permitting interbasintransfers that pass a public <br /> <br />interest review.14 <br /> <br />3 . <br /> <br />Ar i zona. <br /> <br />Under Arizona law, out-of-watershed transfers <br /> <br />are severely restricted because irrigation districts, agricultur- <br /> <br />al improvement districts, or water users associations located <br /> <br />within and using water from the drainage are given a veto right <br />regarding all.water transfers.15 The provision states: <br /> <br />No right. to the use of wa ter on or from <br />any watershed or drainage area which supplies <br />or contributes water for the irrigation of <br />lands within an irrigation district, agricul- <br />tural improvement district or water users <br />association shall be severed or transferred <br />without the consent of the governing body of <br />such irrigation district, agricultural <br />improvement district or water users associa- <br />tion.16 <br /> <br />IlNeb. Laws 1893, Ch. 40, 83, at 378. <br />206 (1984)). <br /> <br />12131 Neb. 356,268 N.W. 334 (1936). <br /> <br />(Neb. Rev. Stat. 846- <br /> <br />13Little Blue Natural Resource District v. Lower Platte <br />North Natural District, 206 Neb. 535, 294 N.W.2d 598 (1980). <br /> <br />14Neb. Laws 1981, <br />(1984) . Th i s s tat ute <br />note 36. <br /> <br />LB 252, 86, Neb. Rev. Stat. 846-289 <br />is discussed infra in text accompanying <br /> <br />15Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. S45-172 (5). <br />16Id. <br /> <br />8 <br />