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HB 7: Water Management Districts

GENERAL BILL by Porter ; Pilon ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Caldwell ; Smith

Water Management Districts; Requires districts to include certain reservations & water bodies in priority lists & schedules; provides for adoption of certain reservations & minimum flows & levels by DEP; requires districts to provide certain information & support to DEP; requires districts to apply, without adopting by rule, certain reservations, minimum flows & levels, & recovery & prevention strategies; authorizes water management districts to enter into interagency agreements for resource management activities under specified conditions; exempts cooperative funding programs from rulemaking requirements; requires regional water supply authority & applicable district to jointly develop component of regional water supply plan.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 4/30/2013 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 244 (Ch. 2013-229) -HJ 1009
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/4/2012 House • Filed
    1/11/2013 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 20
    2/13/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 02/20/13, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
    2/20/2013 House • Favorable by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 155
    • Now in Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee -HJ 155
    3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 20
    3/25/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee, 03/27/13, 10:30 am, 306 HOB
    3/27/2013 House • Favorable by Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 357
    • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 357
    4/1/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/03/13, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    4/3/2013 House • Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 414
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 414
    4/29/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/13
    4/30/2013 House • Substituted SB 244 -HJ 1009
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 244 (Ch. 2013-229) -HJ 1009

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  • HB 7, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/4/2012 at 10:10 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 7/11/2013 (pdf)
    Rulemaking Oversight and Repeal Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2013 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 244 (er) Water Management Districts Dean Identical Last Action: 7/1/2013 Chapter No. 2013-229
    Location: Became Law

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    373.042 Minimum flows and levels. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.046 Interagency agreements. Page 3 (pdf)
    373.171 Rules. Page 4 (pdf)
    373.709 Regional water supply planning. Page 4 (pdf)

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