Any person intending to use groundwater shall make application to the Board for an appropriate permit as provided in Section 1020.11 of this title before commencing any drilling for such purposes and before taking water from any completed well heretofore drilled. Such application to take and use groundwater shall be on a form provided by the Board and pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the Board. The application heretofore filed with the Board shall be used in granting permits for existing wells and the Board shall publish the notice of the hearing thereon.
Laws 1972, c. 248, § 7, eff. July 1, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 12, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993.