Bills › 88th General Assembly
Prohibiting the construction of confinement feeding operation structures that are part of confinement feeding operations located in certain subwatersheds, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Topics:AgricultureEnvironment & natural resourcesLivestock & confinementsWater quality
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
BILL’S PROVISIONS —— GENERAL. This bill amends the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act” (Code chapter 459) which in large part provides for the regulation of confinement feeding operations (operations) including associated confinement feeding operation structures (structures) such as buildings or manure storage structures. The Code chapter is regulated and enforced by the department of natural resources (DNR) which also enforces provisions of other environmental regulations such as the federal Clean Water Act under the supervision of the United States environmental protection agency (EPA).
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BILL’S PROVISIONS —— MORATORIUM. The bill prohibits the construction of a structure, if the structure’s operation is located in a subwatershed that includes a water body or water segment that has been placed on a list of impaired waters. The prohibition would no longer apply once the water was removed from the list and DNR determined that the water meets the state surface water classification for primary contact recreational use. BACKGROUND.195).7(b)(4)).3). APPLICABLE PENALTIES. Under Code chapter 459, different civil penalties apply to violations involving water quality.191). EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill, if enacted, would take effect upon enactment.