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Committee agrees to have LSO draft watershed-improvement language after procedural objections
Summary
Committee members debated process and constitutionality of a proposed watershed-improvement bill (26 LSO 0227). Several members objected to handling a new, broad draft at the meeting; the chairman asked staff to prepare a redraft to be circulated to members who chose to cosponsor.
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee agreed to have Legislative Service Office staff draft a redraft of a proposed watershed-improvement bill (26 LSO 0227) after members raised procedural and constitutional objections about taking up a broad draft without prior notice.
Committee chair introduced the item by noting that Senator Hicks' earlier proposal had been withdrawn after staff raised constitutional concerns; the chair presented redraft language placed on the handout and asked whether members wanted LSO to prepare a formal bill draft to circulate for potential individual sponsorship.
Why it mattered: committee members expressed concern about committee…
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