Introduced in the Senate on March 11, 2003, to impose a $100 fee on irrigation systems, industries and municipal water systems that pump more than 100,000 gallons of groundwater per day. Part of the revenue would be used to pay for a statewide groundwater inventory map, which the Department of Natural Resources would be required to develop within two years. Farms that file a water use conservation plan would not have to pay the fee. The bill would impose new reporting requirements on industrial users, and a less rigorous reporting requirement on farms. The substitute is tie-barred to
House Bill 4087, which establishes a groundwater conflict resolution process. It does not contain the permit requirements of the original bill
The vote was 38 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 98 at Senate Journal 43)
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