Section 312IAC6.3-1-2. Applicability to contracts for water withdrawals

   (a) This article governs the procedures for, and the substance of, consideration of any contract proposal made to the state and submitted to the division after February 28, 2009, for the withdrawal or release of water from the water supply storage of a reservoir.

  (b) A contract for the withdrawal or release of water supply storage from a reservoir, which was entered by the state before March 1, 2009, is governed by the terms of the contract and by any statute or rule in effect when the contract was entered.

  (c) Upon the expiration or termination of a contract governed by subsection (a) or (b), any water withdrawal or taking of a release must cease unless a new contract is approved under IC 14-25-2 and this article. (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 6.3-1-2; filed Nov 5, 2008, 2:32 p.m.: 20081203-IR-312080131FRA; readopted filed Jul 17, 2014, 3:47 p.m.: 20140813-IR-312140097RFA)