{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-2-228","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-2-228","heading":"Federal reserved water rights with priority date of July 1, 1973, or later -- process and adjudication -- purpose.","body":"(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that a federal reserved water right with a priority date of July 1, 1973, or later is subject to the same process and adjudication as a federal reserved water right with a priority date before July 1, 1973.\n(2) Under authority granted to the states by 43 U.S.C. 666, a federal reserved water right that has a priority date of July 1, 1973, or later and that is asserted by a federal agency is subject to the claim filing requirements and all other applicable requirements of the state water adjudication system provided for in Title 85, chapter 2, parts 2 and 7.\n(3) At the request of a federal agency, the reserved water rights compact commission may negotiate to conclude a compact under Title 85, chapter 2, part 7, for a federal reserved water right with a priority date of July 1, 1973, or later.\n(4) Whenever necessary, a water judge may reopen any decree issued pursuant to Title 85, chapter 2, to process the asserted or negotiated federal reserved water right.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER","Part 2. Adjudication of Water Rights"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0280/0850-0020-0020-0280.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:15Z","sha256":"0440fb4240a9a6cdfa5e975281eb544f4bd2543861b0923b9ba32b52843ec273","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-2-227","next":"us-mt/85-2-229"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}