2021 Senate Bill 469

Revise dam management details

Introduced in the Senate

May 20, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

To create a new segregated state “dam repair and improvement” account (“fund”), and use money appropriated to it for “remedial or corrective actions that remove or reduce significant safety risks posed by dams when an owner is unable or unwilling.” The bill authorizes the state to recover costs from an owner.

Referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality