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Relating to storm water drainage system services by creating exemptions for service charges
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes
Same legislation: SSB 1140
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local governments and special districts cannot charge property owners for storm water services if their land has at least 1.5 inches of standing water at any time during a billing month. These groups are also stopped from charging fees if a property has a specific type of approved retention pond.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to exemptions for service charges for storm water drainage system services. The bill prohibits counties, cities, and real estate improvement districts from charging for storm water drainage system services for billing months when the connected real property at any point retains at least 1.5 inches of standing water. The bill also prohibits counties, cities, and real estate improvement districts from charging for storm water drainage system services if the connected real property contains within the property a retention pond for storm water purposes that meets the requirements provided in the national pollutant discharge elimination system general permit no. as issued by the department of natural resources.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 19, 2025. On March 26, 2025 it recommended passage.
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