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CS/CS/SB 560: Water Management Districts

GENERAL BILL by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations ; Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; Dean

Water Management Districts; Providing that any person substantially affected by a reservation, proposed minimum flow or level, or recovery or prevention strategy in an adjoining district may request a preliminary review by the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing a district to designate another single affected district to conduct resource management responsibilities under an interagency agreement; requiring that the district providing funding assistance for an activity, study, or project receive some or all of the benefits; requiring districts to apply specific reservations, minimum flows and levels, and recovery and prevention strategies in determining certain effects of proposed consumptive uses of water; authorizing a district to provide group health insurance for the employees of another district, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  4. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/14/2011 Senate • Filed
11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 49
11/22/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 12/06/11, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
12/6/2011 Senate • CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
12/8/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/9/2011 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 112
12/21/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/09/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/9/2012 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 110
• Now in Budget -SJ 110
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 49
• Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 109
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
• CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation read 1st time -SJ 105
1/19/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 01/24/12, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
1/24/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 280
1/27/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 284
2/6/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 280
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)