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House eases secondary water‑metering rules for small systems, preserves grant support
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 251 to allow certain small, rural secondary water systems to meter at selected system locations in consultation with the state engineer rather than requiring meters on every hookup, and to narrow fine exposure for unmetered hookups; sponsor said state grant funding remains available. (Passed 71–0.)
Representative Snyder presented Senate Bill 251 as a targeted refinement to last year’s statewide secondary‑metering law, saying the original one‑size‑fits‑all approach imposed undue costs on ‘‘very specific small generally rural systems’’ where installing and maintaining individual meters would exceed local budgets.
Snyder said the bill authorizes three…
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