HF 2164 Summary

• Establishes advisory inspection program allowing businesses to request voluntary compliance inspections with 60-day correction period before penalties are imposed, with fee-based cost recovery for state agencies.

• Expands aquatic invasive species prevention through service provider permits, equipment inspection authority, increased civil penalties ($100-$500), mandatory trailer decals, and restrictions on transporting infested water and equipment between water bodies.

• Modifies water management governance by consolidating reporting requirements from biennial to quadrennial or five-year cycles, streamlining local water management plan procedures, and allowing watershed-based comprehensive plans as substitutes for separate county plans.

• Eliminates or delays various reporting requirements for state agencies (changing to every 4-6 years instead of biennially) and extends prohibition on new open air swine basins until June 30, 2017.

• Authorizes general permits for endangered species management, aquatic plant management, public waters work, and water appropriation; modifies state park fee structures to recognize federal disability passes; and creates prairie grazing program for wildlife habitat enhancement.