HB 617 -- WATERSHED DISTRICTS (Kelly)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Conservation and Natural Resources

Currently, the counties of Douglas, Ozark, Webster, and Wright
are members of the Upper White River Basin Watershed Improvement
District.  This bill excludes those counties from the watershed
improvement district and allows those counties to be included
within a watershed district upon the filing of a petition signed
by at least 20% of the qualified voters of the county requesting
inclusion and upon countywide voter approval at the next general
election.  The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for well-
volume monitoring and the licensing of septic system maintenance
providers within a watershed district, eliminates the requirement
that persons installing on-site sewage disposal systems be
registered by the Department of Health and Senior Services, and
requires the department to investigate only sewage complaints
received from an aggrieved party or adjacent landowner and not
those received from any two residents of the county.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:20 pm