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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 789

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Relating to: an exemption from permit requirements for certain riparian owners who remove material from the bed of a navigable water.

Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Waterways and water power

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 allows a person who owns waterfront property (riparian owner) to

remove certain material from the bed of an inland navigable water without obtaining

a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. No permit is required if the

removal meets certain requirements, including that the removal occurs within the

riparian owner's riparian zone, which is a specified area extending waterward of the

shoreline; the removal is limited to a specified amount of material; the removal

occurs in a navigable water that is affected by a man-made impoundment; the

material removed is unconsolidated sediment that was deposited after the navigable

water was affected by the impoundment; and the removal is undertaken in order to

navigate from the shoreline of the riparian property to a specified water depth.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Craig (R)

5 cosponsors

Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Tauchen (R) , Weatherston (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 1, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 1, 2018 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. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Craig; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Tauchen, Jacque, Weatherston and Horlacher

  2. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Feb 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Craig

  5. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1