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IN SB0409
Bill
Status
1/10/2018
Primary Sponsor
Ed Charbonneau
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 409 Summary
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Authorizes county surveyors to classify regulated drains as needing reconstruction if functionality is compromised and reconstruction at reasonable cost would improve public health, reduce environmental effects, or provide flood reduction benefits.
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Permits classification of drains as needing periodic maintenance if cleaning, spraying, removing obstructions, and minor repairs can achieve drainage performance while improving public health or reducing environmental harm.
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Expands maintenance fund uses to include improving public health, reducing environmental effects, providing flood reduction benefits, improving drainage control, and providing water storage infrastructure or technology.
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Requires county surveyors to consider cost-effective drainage designs that limit environmental effects, improve public health, or provide flood reduction benefits when determining reconstruction methods or planning new drains.
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Adds "undesirable environmental effects" definition including nutrient and chemical transport, soil erosion, inadequate water storage, and facilitation of downstream flooding.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Regulated drains and environmental concerns. Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of reconstruction if: (1) the functionality of the drain is compromised; and (2) the drain could, at a reasonable cost, be reconstructed to perform the function for which it was designed while also better serving the interests of public health or significantly reducing undesirable environmental effects, or while also providing flood reduction benefits. Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of periodic maintenance if the drain can be made: (1) to perform the function
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
1/10/2018