Skip to content

Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 598

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation. (FE)

Contracts Lakes Land — Registration of title Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Waterways and water power

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill expands the purposes for which the Department of Natural Resources

(DNR) may pay costs under contracts with public groups or persons who participate

in a statewide lake monitoring network. In addition to the costs that DNR is allowed

to pay under these contracts under current law, the bill allows DNR to pay the costs

of lake surveys and watercraft inspection and the costs of producing and distributing

lake survey results and reports.

This bill also allows DNR to use a portion of the funding currently appropriated

to DNR only for river protection grants to pay the costs incurred for activities

conducted under lake monitoring contracts.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Krug (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R)

2 cosponsors

Olsen (R) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Feb 8, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Krug, Ballweg and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany and Olsen

  2. Dec 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry

  3. Dec 15, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  7. Feb 8, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1