(1) (a) As soon as practicable, the state engineer shall initiate the promulgation of rules governing the review of a substitute water supply plan pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12). In promulgating the rules, the state engineer shall follow the state engineer's own rule-making procedures. (b) The rules must include: (I) Terms and conditions that the state engineer may impose through an approved substitute water supply plan pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12); (II) Criteria that the state engineer should consider in reviewing a substitute water supply plan application filed pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12); (III) Criteria to ensure that substitute water supply plans approved pursuant to section 37-92-308 (12) do not facilitate the diversion of water between water divisions by direct diversion, exchange, replacement, or other means; (IV) Procedures by which the state engineer may reconsider a decision; and (V) Procedures for creating a database that tracks and inventories substitute water supply plans approved under section 37-92-308 (12) and for making the following information from the database accessible to the public: (A) The amount of water subject to each approved plan; (B) The location of use of water under each approved plan; and (C) The decreed beneficial use of water leased, loaned, or traded in connection with each approved plan. (c) The water judge for water division 1 shall review the rules promulgated under this section in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 37-92-501 (2)(g), (3)(a), and (3)(b). (2) As used in this section, "agricultural water protection water right" has the same meaning as in section 37-92-305 (19)(a).
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