§ 15-1711. Provisions and conditions of licenses; payment to state\n treasury of moneys received under this title.\n 1. The term of the license shall not exceed fifty years from its date.\n 2. The licensee shall agree to accept and abide by the terms and\nprovisions of title 17 of this article, and to pay to the state the\ncharge or rental, if any, fixed by the department and reserved in the\nlicense, or as the same may be readjusted pursuant to law.\n 3. The license shall by reference to maps, plans, and specifications\nor otherwise clearly identify and define the improvement or development\nto be affected under the license.\n 4. If the license affects any canal or canal feeder waters, it shall\ncontain a provision, in substance, reserving to the Commissioner of\nTransportation the right at any and all times to enter upon the property\ncovered by the license, and to do and perform such acts or things,\nincluding the temporary drawing off of the water from the dam or forebay\nfrom which the licensee is drawing water and such interruption in the\nsupply of water to the licensee, as may be deemed necessary for the\nrepair, reconstruction or improvement of the canal or any canal works or\nstructures and that the licensee shall be at all times subject to such\nreasonable rules and regulations for the management and maintenance of\nthe canals and navigation thereof as the Commissioner of Transportation\nshall from time to time prescribe; also a provision in substance\nreserving to the department the right, on ninety days' written notice to\nthe licensee, to retake, recapture and resume wholly or in part the use\nof the water and other property covered by the license, including all\nstructures erected upon and improvements to such property, and to\ncontrol and limit the manner and extent of use of such water or other\nproperty, whenever in the opinion of the Commissioner of Transportation\nor the Legislature, the necessary supply of water for the use of the\ncanals of the state, or any future alterations or improvements of the\ncanals, or the safety of the works connected therewith, may render such\nresumption, control or limitation necessary; also a provision in\nsubstance reserving to the state the right wholly to abandon or destroy\nthe canal, dam or works by the erection or construction of which the\nsurplus water covered by the license is rendered available. In either of\nwhich events, the licensee, if he promptly complies with any and all\nlawful directions of the department with respect to the cessation of the\nuse of water and removal from the premises may recover from the state in\nthe Court of Claims the damages resulting to him therefrom, but the\ndamages for improvements on state lands shall not exceed the\nreconstruction cost. The damages for which the state shall be liable may\nbe specified in the license. The state shall not be liable for any\ntemporary interruption for the repair of or in the operation of the\ncanal, and in case of a substantial change in the right or privilege\ngranted, the department, by agreement, may readjust the charge or rental\nwith the licensee.\n 5. The license shall contain a provision in substance that if there be\na partial resumption of the use of the water or of the land which is\ncovered by the license, the licensee, at his option, may continue for\nthe remainder of the term specified in the license to use the residue of\nthe water and land covered by the license, under the terms and\nconditions of the license, or such modified terms as may be agreed upon,\nupon the payment to the state of a revised and readjusted charge or\nrental, and that if the licensee refuses to accept or continue the use\nof the remaining water and land at the revised and readjusted rental,\nthe license shall terminate and the licensee shall have his claim for\ndamages as provided by the preceding subdivision.\n 6. Except as otherwise provided by law, the terms and provisions of a\nlicense may
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