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Senate Bill 1118 |
Senate Author: Johnson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Wilson |
Senate Bill 1118 amends the Agriculture Code to authorize the State Soil and Water Conservation Board to develop and administer the On‑The‑Ground Conservation Program to facilitate priority and other soil and water conservation land improvement measures. The bill authorizes the board to provide through the program technical assistance, cost‑share assistance, direct grants, and help in obtaining those forms of support from other public or private sources.
Senate Bill 1118 authorizes the board to work with qualified nonprofit organizations and universities to provide technical assistance, to designate one or more soil and water conservation districts to administer the program locally, and to establish cost‑share rates for eligible conservation measures. The bill authorizes the board to consider local priorities and needs in designating priority conservation measures within the priority categories specified by the bill, to establish standards and specifications for each priority measure, and to provide certification that specific measures have been implemented in accordance with those standards and specifications.