Prescriptive easement for water conveyance-attorney fees.

Wyoming's HB 79 clarifies that property owners or water users involved in disputes over prescriptive easements for water channels (legal rights to use land for water flow) can recover reasonable attorney and expert witness fees if they win their case. The bill specifies that a prescriptive easement for water conveyance requires 10 continuous years of use under a claim of right, and allows courts to award fees to the party who "substantially prevailed" in related lawsuits. It directly affects property owners, water users, and legal parties in easement disputes, changing how costs are handled in these cases. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026, and applies to cases filed on or after that date.