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<br />such irrigation district, <br />improvement district or water <br />tion.l7 <br /> <br />agricultural <br />users associa- <br /> <br />Though directed at transfers generally and not just out of <br /> <br />watershed diversions, the restrictive effect is apparent. <br /> <br />There <br /> <br />are no reported Arizona cases involving this law. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Montana. <br /> <br />In the 1985 legislative session, Montana <br /> <br />enacted some major changes in its water laws. Of relevance here <br /> <br />is a provision that enables only the Montana Department of <br /> <br />Natural Resources and Conservation to engage in out-of-basin <br /> <br />transfers.18 <br /> <br />presumably, those desiring such out-of-basin <br /> <br />transfers must first convince the state to make the necessary <br /> <br />appropriations, then obtain a lease from the state to use the <br /> <br />water, and then build the facilities necessary to move the <br /> <br />water.19 <br /> <br />A separate provision establishes a means for reserving <br /> <br />waters "for existing or future beneficial uses or to maintain a <br />minimum flow, level, or quality of water...."20 <br /> <br />B. Allocation <br /> <br />perhaps the most common method of providing protection is <br /> <br />through provisions that directly or indirectly allocate some <br /> <br />1 7Id. <br /> <br />l8HB680, 83 (1985), to be codified at Mont. <br />301(2)(i). The basins are specifically named <br />include all the major Montana river systems. <br /> <br />Code Ann. 885-2- <br />in the law and <br /> <br />19NO more than 50,000 acre-feet may be leased. <br />may not exceed 50 years. HB680, 813 (1985). <br /> <br />20HB680, 815 (1985). <br /> <br />Lease terms <br /> <br />9 <br />