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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 1017

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Relating to: safety requirements for storm water retention ponds and granting rule-making authority.

Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Public safety Water — Pollution Wetland

  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

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources issues water

pollutant discharge elimination system (WPDES) permits and storm water

discharge permits. DNR promulgates rules for the administration of both permits.

This bill requires that DNR promulgate rules establishing that any pond

located in an area with a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile

that is constructed as part of an activity for which a WPDES or stormwater discharge

permit is required must include one or more of the following safety features: (1) a

shallow ledge around the periphery of the pond; (2) vegetation that is at least 24

inches high between the pond and any easy point of access; or (3) any other

alternative safety feature authorized by DNR by rule.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , L. Johnson (D)

14 cosponsors

Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Drake (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Agard and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Ratcliff, Baldeh, Moore Omokunde, Joers, Shelton, Sinicki, Bare, Subeck, Madison, J. Anderson, Jacobson, Drake and Palmeri

  2. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1