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Committee reports substitute for Delegate Bloxham’s bill to ease soil-and-water fund transfers
Summary
A committee voted 10-0 to report with a substitute on Delegate Bloxham’s Bill 2170, which would make it easier for soil and water conservation districts to move unspent or excess funds to other districts, subject to limits discussed by stakeholders and state staff.
A committee chaired by an unnamed chair voted 10-0 to report with a substitute on Delegate Bloxham’s Bill 2170, legislation intended to allow soil and water conservation districts to transfer unspent or excess funds to other districts.
The bill, the product of negotiations between the Farm Bureau and environmental groups, aims to relax a current prohibition on moving funds outside a watershed so districts can pool money for larger projects that benefit regional water quality. Delegate Bloxham, the bill’s patron, said the measure…
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