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Bill to update water well contractor rules draws support and some opposition over disciplinary language
Summary
Rep. Mike Vinton's HB 59 would modernize the Board of Water Well Contractors’ authority: raise bonding requirements to $25,000, clarify licensing language, and remove a sentence that currently can block disciplinary action if a landowner denies access.
Representative Mike Vinton presented House Bill 59 to change rules governing the Board of Water Well Contractors. The bill would remove an old requirement that the licensed water well contractor must be the individual who signs contracts on behalf of firms, clarify which kinds of well work require a license, raise license bond amounts to $25,000, and remove language that the board said could prevent disciplinary action when a landowner refuses access.
Todd Netto, bureau chief at DNRC and a voting board member, testified the changes would help firms that employ licensed contractors by allowing…
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