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House Committee on Water

  • Committee Assistant: Tony Prohaska 785-296-7384
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    • Meeting Day: Tue/Thu Time: 9:00 am Location: 218-N

    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

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    HB2047 - Increasing the amortization period on loans from the Kansas water pollution control revolving fund.
    HB2279 - Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer.
    HB2302 - Modifying the distribution of moneys into the state water plan fund, creating the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund for water-related infrastructure projects and distributing a portion of the revenue from the sales and compensating use tax to the state water plan fund.
    HB2526 - Authorizing the chief engineer to adopt rules and regulations under the watershed district act and concerning fees and inspections of dams.
    HB2633 - Providing for additional sources of revenue for the water program management fund and requiring water supply system and wastewater treatment facility operator certification examination fees to not exceed the costs for such exams.
    HB2634 - Providing an additional corrective control provision for the chief engineer to consider when issuing orders of designations for local enhanced managements areas and intensive groundwater use control areas.
    HB2678 - Extending the period for how long a groundwater right can be deposited in a water bank, requiring withdrawn water to be authorized by a water bank on or before December 1, requiring an evaluation of the central Kansas water bank by an independent consultant before July 1, 2025 and establishing a maximum length for a water bank charter extension.
    HB2695 - Allowing a majority of eligible voters in a groundwater management district or an area for a proposed extension or reduction of a district to petition the chief engineer to extend or reduce the territory in a groundwater management district.
    HB2696 - Allowing a groundwater management district the opportunity to provide a written comment rather than a recommendation to the chief engineer for a proposed water conservation area and management plan.
    HB2697 - Allowing groundwater management districts boards to provide relevant information rather than advice and assistance regarding groundwater management and other appropriate matters of concern of a district.
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