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House passes bill to modernize statutes for water development districts
Summary
Lawmakers approved House Bill 1072 after a sponsor explained the measure updates and clarifies statutory language governing water development districts; an amendment to clarify wildlife mitigation language was adopted before final passage.
The South Dakota House of Representatives on final passage approved House Bill 1072, a measure to update and clarify statutes governing water development districts, after an amendment to clarify language on wildlife mitigation was adopted.
Representative Whitman, the bill sponsor, told the House that HB 1072 "clarifies and streamlines existing statutes to ensure transparency, efficiency, and responsiveness in water development district governance," and said the measure "makes absolutely no substantive changes" while modernizing language and processes.…
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