Indiana House Bill 1137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Representative Hamm added as coauthor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirability of entering into an interstate compact with Kentucky concerning the use of the groundwater underlying southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Authorizes a county that borders the Ohio River or that borders another county that borders the Ohio River to elect to participate in the authority. Provides for the authority to include elected officials from municipal and county government in the participating counties, county health officers of the participating counties,

Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirability of entering into an interstate compact with Kentucky concerning the use of the groundwater underlying southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Authorizes a county that borders the Ohio River or that borders another county that borders the Ohio River to elect to participate in the authority. Provides for the authority to include elected officials from municipal and county government in the participating counties, county health officers of the participating counties,

Rep. Steven Stemler [D]	Rep. Terry Goodin [D]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. James Baird [R]
Rep. Richard Hamm [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-01	House	Representative Hamm added as coauthor
2016-02-01	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2016-01-25	House	Representative Baird added as coauthor
2016-01-19	House	Representatives Goodin and Clere added as coauthors
2016-01-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation
2016-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Stemler

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1137/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/d/8/a3d8d47d/HB1137.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/b/0/87b0c498/HB1039.01.INTR.pdf