Bill > HB872

This bill amends the Storm Water Management Act to modify requirements for watershed storm water management plans. Specifically, the bill clarifies that counties must prepare and adopt watershed storm water management plans for each watershed within their jurisdiction within two years of the department's guidelines being issued, with plans to be reviewed and updated at least every five years. The department retains the ability to grant time extensions to counties for plan preparation. A key change is the addition of a provision that exempts municipalities without public water or sewer systems from participating in the watershed storm water management plan. The bill aims to provide more flexibility and clarity in how local governments approach storm water management planning, recognizing that smaller or more rural municipalities may have different infrastructure and resource constraints. The amendment takes effect 60 days after passage, giving counties and municipalities time to understand and implement the new requirements.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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