HF 577

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Ditch buffer and drainage and inspection requirements modified, annual drainage authority reports required, and money appropriated.

Section 1: Spoil banks must be spread and permanent vegetation established language modified.

Section 2: Reseeding and harvesting perennial vegetation language modified.

Section 3: Agricultural practices prohibited language modified.

Section 4: Incremental implementation of vegetated ditch buffer strips and side inlet controls language added.

Section 5: Ditch buffer strip annual reporting language added.

Section 6: Extent of damages language added.

Section 7: Requirements language modified.

Section 8: Restoration; disturbance or destruction by repair language added.

Section 9: Inspection language modified.

Section 10: Permanent strip of perennial vegetation inspection and compliance notice language modified.

Section 11: Drainage inspection report language modified.

Section 12: Additional assessment for agricultural practices on permanent strip of perennial vegetation language modified.

Section 13: Appropriations language added.

JAJ 2/19/07