85-2-272. (Temporary) Definitions. For the purposes of 85-2-270 through 85-2-273, 85-2-276, and 85-2-279 through 85-2-283, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Calculated volume" means the feasible volume given the flow rate and period of use.
     (2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, or other legal entity.
     (3) "Water right" means a legal right to the beneficial use of water as recorded in the centralized water recording system by a water court decree, provisional permit, ground water certificate, filed exempt right, Powder River declaration, statement of claim, stockwater permit, temporary provisional permit, or 1962 to 1973 ground water filings as recorded with the department or that portion of a water reservation that has been put to beneficial use. This definition applies only to the use of the term for the purposes of assessing the fee and 85-2-270 through 85-2-273, 85-2-276, and 85-2-279 through 85-2-283. (Terminates June 30, 2020--sec. 18, Ch. 288, L. 2005.)

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 288, L. 2005.