Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 82a-706a (2026)

Rules, regulations and standards

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82a-706a. Rules, regulations and standards. The chief engineer shall adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce such reasonable rules, regulations, and standards necessary for the discharge of his or her duties and for the achievement of the purposes of this act pertaining to the control, conservation, regulation, allotment, and distribution of the water resources of the state.

History: L. 1957, ch. 539, § 9; L. 1977, ch. 356, § 4; January 1, 1978.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2006–2011 · leading case: Hawley v. Kansas Dep't of Agric., 132 P.3d 870 (Kan. 2006).

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Hawley v. Kansas Dep't of Agric., 132 P.3d 870 (Kan. 2006). “5-7-1, promulgated by the chief engineer pursuant to his authority granted in K.S.A. 82a-706a, which identifies 10 different categories of “due and sufficient cause” for non-use of water.”

Shipe v. Pub. Wholesale Water Supply Dist. No. 25, 210 P.3d 105 (Kan. 2009). “” See K.S.A. 82a-706a; K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 82a-708a.”

Wheatland Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Polansky, 265 P.3d 1194 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). “K.S.A. 82a-706a. So, with the explicit authority to adopt regulations, if the adopted regulations are consistent with the underlying statutes and are appropriate and reasonable, they must be upheld.”

Frick Farm Props., L.P. v. State, Dep't of Agric., 190 P.3d 983 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). “82a-706 and K.S.A. 82a-706a give the chief engineer of the DWR authority to enforce and administer water right laws and, in doing so, provide the chief engineer with authority to promul *139 gate rules and regulations.”

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