§ 82-1453. Legislative intent - Construction, operation or maintenance of dams or related projects.

A.  Once an area is designated as a "scenic river area", it is the intent of the Legislature that:

1.  The stream or river in the area designated be preserved in its free-flowing condition; and

2.  The stream or river shall not be impounded by any large dam or structure except as specifically authorized by the Legislature.

B.  No agency or official of state government shall authorize or concur in plans of local, state or federal agencies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any dam or related project in any "scenic river area", without legislative consent, except as needed by the municipalities located in the counties or the immediate vicinity of the "scenic river area", for their own municipal or domestic water supply if such structures will not significantly interfere with the preservation of the stream as a scenic free-flowing stream.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 3, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970.  Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997.