2014 Senate Bill 1082 ↩

House Roll Call 740: Passed

To allow county drain authorities to remove obstructions from a watercourse that is not an existing drain, after an inspection and with the approval of landowners, if the obstruction were causing problems such as flooding, excessive erosion, etc. This refers to the extensive networks of “drains” (ditches, culverts and more) that remove surplus water from land, the creation of which allowed a large proportion of this state to be farmed and developed.