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Senate Approves Local‑District Option for Over‑appropriated Groundwater, Adopts Amendment Narrowing Funding to Water Users
Summary
The Senate passed SB20 to allow creation of local districts to address over‑appropriated groundwater areas spanning counties. An amendment clarified that assessment authority targets water users and is not a general property tax; the amendment and bill passed and were placed on the third reading calendar.
The Senate advanced Senate Bill 20, designed to permit formation of a local district to address critical groundwater management areas that cross county lines.
Sponsor Senator Stoll described the measure as a local option to give affected areas a single entity to buy back or otherwise manage water rights: "What this bill does is modify the local district language...to allow…
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