41-3-1003. Game and fish commission; construction of measuring devices; recommendations; permits; fees and costs.
(a) The game and fish commission shall construct any measuring device the state engineer considers necessary for the administration of an instream flow right.
(b) The state game and fish commission may report to the water development commission annually those specific segments of stream which the game and fish commission considers to have the most critical need for instream flows. The game and fish commission shall identify the points on the stream at which the need for instream flows begins and ends, the time of year when the flows are most critical and a detailed description of the minimum amount of water necessary to provide adequate instream flows.
(c) The water development commission shall file applications in the name of the state of Wyoming for permits to appropriate water for instream flows in those segments of stream recommended by the game and fish commission. The state engineer shall not grant any permits to appropriate or store water for instream flows prior to the completion of the study provided by W.S. 41-3-1004 or prior to the hearing required by W.S. 41-3-1006. Fees and costs of the commission associated with permit applications and adjudication of water rights shall be borne by the game and fish commission.