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Committee introduces RS31929 to allow annexation and administrative fixes for Eastern Snake River Plain groundwater districts
Summary
A bill request (RS31929) that would let newly formed subbasins join existing groundwater districts, add board seats, adjust internal divisions and shift assessment timelines was introduced after Representative Mickelson described technical fixes and telemetry allowances.
Representative Mickelson (Legislative District 32) told the House Resources and Conservation Committee that RS31929 makes technical corrections to statutes implementing last year’s groundwater reorganization and would permit smaller subbasins to join existing groundwater districts.
The proposal would allow a basin or subbasin to annex into an existing groundwater district and would allow additional board members to be added so newly annexed areas can have representation, Mickelson said. She also said the draft…
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