HF 737 Summary

• Authorizes clean water fund expenditures for water quality protection projects with measurable outcomes and requires state agencies to report project information to the Legislative Coordinating Commission by January 15 or as practicable.

• Establishes wastewater laboratory certification requirements for labs performing analyses reported to determine compliance with NPDES permits; allows agency to collect fees and adopt rules for certification program.

• Modifies Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act to allow property acquisition interests including easements and environmental covenants, and expands property disposition options for the agency.

• Creates comprehensive sanitary district governance framework under new chapter 442A, transferring authority from sections 115.18-115.37 to the Chief Administrative Law Judge and establishing procedures for district creation, annexation, detachment, and dissolution.

• Changes reporting requirements from annual to biennial (odd-numbered years) for Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup and Toxic Pollution Prevention programs; repeals obsolete administrative rules and statute sections.