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Committee trims membership, adds drafting group as it advances water-program task force bill
Summary
The committee adopted amendments to House Bill 21-72 that reduce task force membership, require co-chairs to appoint a small technical drafting group to prepare possible Water Planning Act updates, and advanced the bill as a Senate substitute.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources voted to advance a Senate substitute for House Bill 21-72 after adopting amendments that reduce the proposed task force's membership and add a small technical working group charged with drafting potential statutory updates to the Water Planning Act.
Revisor Lawrence told the committee House Bill 21-72 "would establish the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding" and initially drafted the panel with 23 voting members and 10 nonvoting members. Committee members expressed concern that a large membership could make deliberations…
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