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Committee narrowly backs HB 1483 to enable local water‑supply studies for subdivisions
Summary
The committee voted 8–7 to recommend House Bill 1483, which would allow planning boards to adopt subdivision rules requiring water‑supply studies and related standards; members warned about costs, scope and potential impacts on housing and agriculture.
A legislative committee on Friday voted 8–7 to recommend House Bill 1483, a bill that would allow local planning boards to adopt subdivision regulations requiring water‑supply studies, minimum lot sizes, private well testing and a clarification that applicants pay associated costs.
Representative Darby, who moved to recommend the legislation, and Representative Rung, the second, acknowledged the bill has been refiled (LSR 2025‑0049) and said work remains to define scope…
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