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Counties split over new reporting mandate for roadside maintenance records
Summary
House Bill 1145 would require counties to collect and retain records about material removed during county road maintenance on or adjacent to non‑county property. County engineers warned the mandate would create a heavy administrative burden; farmers and some commissioners supported the transparency and environmental uses of the records.
Rep. Andrew Barkis introduced House Bill 1145, which would require counties to collect and retain records of any maintenance or construction activity undertaken by the county on a county road that is adjacent to or on non‑county property, including quantities of soil, trees, shrubs, gravel or other organic material removed and, if above a de minimis threshold, where that material was moved, how it was reused or disposed of, and results of any contaminant testing.
Kellen Wright, committee staff, summarized existing retention schedules and the bill’s changes. He said some county‑engineer records must be kept permanently and that environmental monitoring…
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