S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Section 13.25 of S.L. 2017-57 directs the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in consultation with a stakeholder group, to study the benefits of transferring the private well inspection and permitting programs from the Division of Public Health of DHHS to the Division of Water Resources of DEQ. The Departments are directed to submit the study and a recommendation regarding the transfer to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Review Commission no later than March 1, 2018.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.