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Rules Committee weighs resolution to restructure regional water planning councils
Summary
A Rules Committee meeting reviewed a House resolution proposing structural changes to regional water planning councils — cutting appointed seats, removing alternates and extending terms — with members asking whether the change only affects governance or also allows substantive plan changes such as interbasin transfers.
Unidentified Speaker 5 presented a House resolution aimed at restructuring regional water planning councils, telling the Rules Committee the measure would reduce speaker-appointed seats from six to three, remove alternate council members and extend appointment lengths from three years to six.
The resolution, introduced during the committee’s first meeting of the year, was framed by Unidentified Speaker 5 as a response to recurring quorum problems in regional planning districts and a way to give regions more continuity and capacity to respond to water and environmental…
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