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Technical fix to water-conveyance definition moves forward after judge flagged inconsistency

2521297 · March 6, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 2153 corrects statutory language so that a ‘project’ includes water conveyance and the works listed in the following subsection; sponsors said the change restores legislative intent after a court case exposed the drafting error.

The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend do-pass on Senate Bill 2153, a technical statutory correction that restores the original legislative intent for the Water Commission’s definition of a “project.”

Senator Mike Dwyer, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the modification…

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