Introduced
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To transfer certain powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Natural Resources as part of a consolidation of these functions in a combined department called the Department of Natural Resources. This legislative package this bill is part of is one of several such packages merging these departments in slightly different ways (the individual bills in each amend different sections of the law). This bill transfers DEQ powers under the state “Animal Industry Act” to the DNR.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
