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Water plan funding and transfers draw scrutiny as conference panel reconciles multiple water programs
Summary
Negotiators reviewed multiple state water plan fund items and transfers, including watershed dam construction, reservoir pilot programs and a proposal to allow intra-agency transfers of water plan accounts; members asked staff to clarify whether transfers could occur only within agencies or across agencies and requested updated balances.
Conference committee negotiators reviewed a package of water-related appropriations and transfer authorities, debating new line items, program amounts and the scope of transfer authority across accounts.
Line items discussed: members cited a set of water-related additions that included state water plan fund allocations for water resource cost share (a senate proposal to add $4,000,000), livestock water-efficiency accounts, watershed dam construction ($3,000,000 senate add), watershed…
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