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H02852019 Regular SessionSigned into law

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2019.

APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES -- Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2019.

APPROPRIATIONSDEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

This is an FY 2019 trailer and supplemental appropriation bill in two parts for the Department of Water Resources. The first portion provides a $20,000,000 General Fund transfer to address the fiscal impact of HJM004, which urges the completion of the federal feasibility study and the NEPA analysis required for expanding Anderson Ranch Dam through provisions in the federal Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. This bill also allows for funding to be used for the Mountain Home Air Force Base water delivery system, should those projects be authorized. The second portion provides a $1,000,000 General Fund transfer for the second year of the Flood Management Program, which provides funding for flood damage mitigation, prevention, and stream channel correction on a merit basis as determined by the Board of Water Resources.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Mar 25, 2019

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
67 Yea
0 Nay
3 absentPassed by 95.71 votes

LATEST ACTION

Reported Signed by Governor on April 5, 2019 Session Law Chapter 317 Effective: 04/05/2019

BILL INFO

Session
2019
Chamber
house
Status date
Apr 5, 2019

LINKS

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