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Minutes for HB2686 - Committee on Water
Short Title
Creating the Kansas department of water and environment within the executive branch and transferring the duties of certain offices to such department, establishing the water and environment maintenance fund and the water and environment maintenance board, modifying election procedures for groundwater management districts, establishing a water rights fee on owners of water rights and permits to appropriate water for beneficial use, authorizing the chief engineer to issue certain orders without review by the secretary of water and environment, increasing water protection fees, establishing a civil penalty for obstructions in streams violations and establishing the water structures emergency fund.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 15, 2022
Chairperson Highland provided information on the proposed organizational changes created by HB2686 Session Org Chart (Attachment 5) District Office(Attachment 6) Org Chart (Attachment 7) Ground Water District (Attachment 8) Water rights (Attachment 9) Water Fund (Attachment 10 )
Chairperson Highland responded to questions from committee members, regarding fees, new organizational structure, impact on water districts, and funding.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 am
