H44 - Local Government Regulatory Reform 2015, Secs. 13.1 through 13.4: Riparian Buffer Reform (SL 2015-246)

Overview: Secs. 13.1 through 13.4 of S.L. 2015-246 amend the laws governing riparian buffers as follows:

• Limit the ability of local governments to enact, implement, and enforce riparian buffers.
• Direct the Environmental Management Commission to examine ways to provide regulatory relief from riparian buffers.
• Amend how riparian buffers for coastal wetlands are measured.
• Direct the Environmental Management Commission to provide for modifications of riparian buffer requirements on a case-by-case basis.

These sections became effective October 1, 2015.

[The remaining sections of S.L. 2015-246 that amend various laws related to local government are summarized in the LOCAL GOVERNMNET chapter.]