Introduced
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To establish an “adopt-a-watershed” program, which would require the state to encourage and facilitate the involvement of volunteer groups in protecting bodies of water through watershed-based cleanup, pollution prevention, and conservation activities. The Department of Environmental Quality would be authorized to give money to private groups for this purpose.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to seek funding for the program from the Environmental Protection Agency and other available funding sources.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment
