Indiana 2025 Regular Session

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	1	+	ES0211.1
	2	+	March 13, 2025
	3	+	ENGROSSED
	4	+	SENATE BILL No. 211
	5	+	_____
	6	+	DIGEST OF SB 211 (Updated March 12, 2025 9:08 am - DI 140)
	7	+	Citations Affected: IC 14-32.
	8	+	Synopsis: Clean water Indiana program. Permits the use of funds from
	9	+	the clean water Indiana fund to manage invasive plant species.
	10	+	Effective: July 1, 2025.
	11	+	Glick, Leising, Clark, Yoder,
	12	+	Qaddoura
	13	+	(HOUSE SPONSOR — ABBOTT)
	14	+	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
	15	+	January 14, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	16	+	January 16, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
	17	+	January 23, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 49, nays 0.
	18	+	HOUSE ACTION
	19	+	March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
	20	+	March 13, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
	21	+	ES 211—LS 6241/DI 150 March 13, 2025
1	22		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
2	23		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	24		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	25		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	26		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	27		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
7	28		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
8	29		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	30		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	31		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 211
12		-	AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural
13		-	resources.
	32	+	ENGROSSED
	33	+	SENATE BILL No. 211
	34	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
	35	+	natural and cultural resources.
14	36		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
15		-	SECTION 1. IC 14-32-8-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.175-2006,
16		-	SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
17		-	JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The purpose of the program is to provide
18		-	financial assistance to:
19		-	(1) soil and water conservation districts;
20		-	(2) land occupiers; and
21		-	(3) conservation groups;
22		-	to implement conservation practices to reduce nonpoint sources of
23		-	water pollution through education, technical assistance, training, and
24		-	cost sharing programs and to manage invasive plant species.
25		-	SECTION 2. IC 14-32-8-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.129-2011,
26		-	SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
27		-	JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. Money in the fund may be spent in the
28		-	following ways:
29		-	(1) To increase district technical assistance in local conservation
30		-	efforts.
31		-	(2) To develop an environmental stewardship program to assist
32		-	land occupiers in complying with environmental regulations
33		-	voluntarily.
34		-	(3) To qualify for federal matching funds.
35		-	(4) To provide for the following cost sharing programs:
36		-	SEA 211 2
37		-	(A) A program to encourage land occupiers to implement
38		-	conservation practices to reduce nutrient, pesticide, and
39		-	sediment runoff.
40		-	(B) Programs that encourage land occupiers to implement
41		-	nutrient management programs by sharing the cost of any of
42		-	the following:
43		-	(i) Fencing for intensive grazing systems.
44		-	(ii) Purchasing nutrient management equipment.
45		-	(iii) Voluntary environmental audits.
46		-	(iv) Other similar expenditures related to nutrient
47		-	management.
48		-	(5) To provide matching grants to districts for the following:
49		-	(A) Professional watershed coordinators to facilitate and
50		-	administer local watershed protection projects.
51		-	(B) District managers to administer district conservation
52		-	policies and programs.
53		-	(6) To increase state technical and capacity building assistance to
54		-	districts and local conservation efforts by providing for the
55		-	following:
56		-	(A) Capacity building specialists to train district personnel in
57		-	grant writing, grant administration, and leadership
58		-	development.
59		-	(B) Conservation education specialists to help implement
60		-	district conservation education efforts.
61		-	(C) Urban storm water specialists to provide technical
62		-	assistance to developers to contain soil erosion on construction
63		-	sites.
64		-	(7) To make distributions as provided under section 8 of this
65		-	chapter.
66		-	(8) Implementation of geographic information systems (GIS) or
67		-	similar technology.
68		-	(9) To provide for the management of invasive plant species.
69		-	SEA 211 President of the Senate
70		-	President Pro Tempore
71		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
72		-	Governor of the State of Indiana
73		-	Date: Time:
74		-	SEA 211
	37	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 14-32-8-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.175-2006,
	38	+	2 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	39	+	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The purpose of the program is to provide
	40	+	4 financial assistance to:
	41	+	5 (1) soil and water conservation districts;
	42	+	6 (2) land occupiers; and
	43	+	7 (3) conservation groups;
	44	+	8 to implement conservation practices to reduce nonpoint sources of
	45	+	9 water pollution through education, technical assistance, training, and
	46	+	10 cost sharing programs and to manage invasive plant species.
	47	+	11 SECTION 2. IC 14-32-8-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.129-2011,
	48	+	12 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	49	+	13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. Money in the fund may be spent in the
	50	+	14 following ways:
	51	+	15 (1) To increase district technical assistance in local conservation
	52	+	16 efforts.
	53	+	17 (2) To develop an environmental stewardship program to assist
	54	+	ES 211—LS 6241/DI 150 2
	55	+	1 land occupiers in complying with environmental regulations
	56	+	2 voluntarily.
	57	+	3 (3) To qualify for federal matching funds.
	58	+	4 (4) To provide for the following cost sharing programs:
	59	+	5 (A) A program to encourage land occupiers to implement
	60	+	6 conservation practices to reduce nutrient, pesticide, and
	61	+	7 sediment runoff.
	62	+	8 (B) Programs that encourage land occupiers to implement
	63	+	9 nutrient management programs by sharing the cost of any of
	64	+	10 the following:
	65	+	11 (i) Fencing for intensive grazing systems.
	66	+	12 (ii) Purchasing nutrient management equipment.
	67	+	13 (iii) Voluntary environmental audits.
	68	+	14 (iv) Other similar expenditures related to nutrient
	69	+	15 management.
	70	+	16 (5) To provide matching grants to districts for the following:
	71	+	17 (A) Professional watershed coordinators to facilitate and
	72	+	18 administer local watershed protection projects.
	73	+	19 (B) District managers to administer district conservation
	74	+	20 policies and programs.
	75	+	21 (6) To increase state technical and capacity building assistance to
	76	+	22 districts and local conservation efforts by providing for the
	77	+	23 following:
	78	+	24 (A) Capacity building specialists to train district personnel in
	79	+	25 grant writing, grant administration, and leadership
	80	+	26 development.
	81	+	27 (B) Conservation education specialists to help implement
	82	+	28 district conservation education efforts.
	83	+	29 (C) Urban storm water specialists to provide technical
	84	+	30 assistance to developers to contain soil erosion on construction
	85	+	31 sites.
	86	+	32 (7) To make distributions as provided under section 8 of this
	87	+	33 chapter.
	88	+	34 (8) Implementation of geographic information systems (GIS) or
	89	+	35 similar technology.
	90	+	36 (9) To provide for the management of invasive plant species.
	91	+	ES 211—LS 6241/DI 150 3
	92	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	93	+	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Natural Resources, to
	94	+	which was referred Senate Bill No. 211, has had the same under
	95	+	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
	96	+	the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
	97	+	(Reference is to SB 211 as introduced.)
	98	+
	99	+	GLICK, Chairperson
	100	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0
	101	+	_____
	102	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	103	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Natural Resources, to which was
	104	+	referred Senate Bill 211, has had the same under consideration and
	105	+	begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
	106	+	recommendation that said bill do pass.
	107	+	(Reference is to SB 211 as printed January 15, 2025.)
	108	+	LINDAUER
	109	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0
	110	+	ES 211—LS 6241/DI 150