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ID H0183
Bill
Status
2/22/2023
Primary Sponsor
Ways and Means Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 183 Summary
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Reestablishes the Big Payette Lake Water Quality Council to conduct subsequent studies and update the existing water quality management plan that was completed in 2005.
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Sets the council's dissolution date as June 30, 2030, requiring it to cease operations after that date.
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Reduces at-large council membership from four to two members while maintaining the nine-member total structure with representation from Valley County, McCall city government, sporting interests, lumbering interests, commercial interests, irrigation storage, and environmental organizations.
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Revises council duties to allow for multiple plans and periodic review and amendment of plans, and clarifies the council's ongoing role until disbandment in assisting local and state authorities.
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Specifies that plans and recommendations cannot adversely impact existing water rights or interfere with water right development, and allows the legislature to disband the council if it negatively impacts water rights.
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Takes effect July 1, 2023, with an emergency declaration.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to provide for legislative intent, to provide a date upon which the council shall be dissolved, to revise the declaration of policies and purposes, to revise the duties of the council, and to revise lake management plan provisions.
BIG PAYETTE LAKE WATER QUALITY ACT
Last Action
U.C. to be returned to Ways & Means Committee
3/2/2023