Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 7. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Part 3. Creation of Districts Common Water Supply

Apportionment Of Water By Commissioners

85-7-305. Apportionment of water by commissioners. The board of commissioners shall apportion the water for irrigation among the lands of the district in a just and equitable manner and in compliance with the decree adjudicating the rights thereto, but the maximum amount apportioned to any land shall be the amount that can be beneficially used thereon.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 100, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 7264.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2115.