Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTREVENUEWTRBA County Reserve FundFY25-26 & Subsequent Years$90,000 EXPENDITURESGeneral FundWTRBA County Reserve FundFY25-26$312,900$90,000FY26-27 & Subsequent Years$206,900$90,000Total Positions Required: 2 LOCAL GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESPermissive FY25-26 & Subsequent Years$90,000 Bill Summary Present law establishes the West Tennessee River basin authority to preserve the natural flow and function of the Hatchie, Loosahatchie, Obion, and Forked Deer River basins. This bill replaces references to specific river basins with general reference to the authority's service area. Under present law, the authority's service area is Lauderdale, Lake, Dyer, Obion, Madison, Weakley, Henry, Gibson, Carroll, Benton, Decatur, Hardin, Haywood, Crockett, Henderson, Chester, McNairy, Tipton, Fayette, and Hardeman counties. This bill adds Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties to the authority's service area; provided, that when conducting activities in Perry, Stewart, Houston, or Humphreys county, the authority shall only provide technical assistance, engineering services, and project management support to such county. Present law concerning the West Tennessee River basin authority only applies to counties that elect to participate upon approval by a majority vote of the respective county legislative bodies. The requirement for election to participate in the authority will apply to Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. Present law tasks the authority with generally providing regional and local leadership for the conservation and sustainable utilization of these river basins and the creek and river basins that flow through the counties of Benton, Decatur and Hardin into the Tennessee River. This bill instead tasks the authority with generally providing regional and local leadership fo
