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Committee advances CREP expansion to 60,000 acres, declines EV-inspection language
Summary
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources agreed to move House Bill 2111 forward with amendments increasing the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to 60,000 acres, setting a 20% per-county cap and a 1,600-acre annual per-county limit, and will not reinsert sections 23 and 24 on electric vehicle charging-station inspections.
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources agreed to move forward with House Bill 2111 to expand the state’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) from 40,000 to 60,000 acres, with committee members also agreeing to limit any single county to 20% of the total and to cap annual per-county enrollments at 1,600 acres. The committee said it would not reinsert sections 23 and 24, which would have addressed inspections or testing of electric vehicle charging stations.
The change matters because CREP is focused on targeted conservation acres intended to produce water savings in specified counties, committee members said. One committee member described the language as “a compromise, talking with stakeholders,” and said the expansion is intended to complement federal conservation programs and to address water issues around Quivira and west of Garden City.
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