Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 33 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Vickers, Evan J.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• allows certain signatures to be by facsimile or electronic means; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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57-3-109
Water Rights Recording Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
House Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses water rights addenda.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
allows certain signatures to be by facsimile or electronic means; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
57-3-109
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 70
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
57-3-109
 is amended to read:
57-3-109. Water rights addenda.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Applicable deed" means a deed executed on or after July 1, 2011:
(i)
conveying fee simple title to land; or
(ii)
conveying title to water rights without conveying title to land.
(b)
"Water rights addendum" means a written document that:
(i)
is an addendum to an applicable deed;
(ii)
is in a form approved by the Legislature in a joint resolution; and
(iii)
(A)
identifies and describes the water rights transferred under an applicable 
deed; or
(B)
states that no water rights are transferred under an applicable deed.
(2)
Beginning July 1, 2011, a person submitting an applicable deed to a county recorder's 
office for recording may also submit a water rights addendum as an addendum to the 
applicable deed.
(3)
(a)
A grantor shall complete and sign a water rights addendum submitted under 
Subsection 
(2)
.
(b)
(i)
A grantee shall sign a water rights addendum to acknowledge receipt of a 
copy of the water rights addendum.
(ii)
(c)
A 
grantor's or 
grantee's signature on a water rights addendum may be by facsimile or 
electronic means.
(4)
The state engineer shall use and make available to the public the water rights addendum 
form approved by the Legislature.
(5)
Upon recording an applicable deed with a water rights addendum, a county recorder 
shall transmit a paper or electronic copy of the deed and water rights addendum to the 
state engineer.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
2-7-25 5:09 PM