| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSECONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.72 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 101STGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFRANCIS. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 5488H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | ANACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | RelatingtoapprovaloftheStateWaterResourcesPlan. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS,Missouri'sthousandsofmilesofrivers,streams,andlakes,alongwith |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2undergroundaquifers,supplyourstate'ssixmillionresidentswithcriticalwaterresources; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 WHEREAS,thewaterresourcesofthestateofMissouriareessentialtothewell- |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6beingofitspeople,agriculture,industry,economy,andenvironment;and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 7 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 8 WHEREAS,anunderstandingofthewaterresourcesofMissouriandplanningfor |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9theirdevelopmentanduseareessentialtosecuringtheirbenefits;and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 WHEREAS,waterplanningisnecessarytoidentifywatersupplyneeds,planfor |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12futureshortfallsinwatersupply,preparefordroughtconditions,andproperlyimplement |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13strategiesforresiliency;and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 WHEREAS,thedepartmentofnaturalresourceshasgatheredinputfromcitizensand |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16stakeholderstohelpidentifywaterresourcepriorities,coordinatedwiththeinteragencytask |
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| 26 | 26 | | 17forceadvisorygroup,andconvenedfivetechnicalworkgroupstoguidedevelopmentofthe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 18waterplancontent;and |
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| 28 | 28 | | 19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 20 WHEREAS,thedepartmentofnaturalresourceshascompletedanupdateofthe |
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| 30 | 30 | | 21Missouriwaterresourcesplanundersection640.415,whichrequiresthedepartmentto 22develop,maintain,andperiodicallyupdatethestatewaterresourcesplanandsubmittheplan |
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| 31 | 31 | | 23tothegeneralassemblyforapproval: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 24 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 25 NOWTHEREFORE BEITRESOLVEDthatthemembersoftheHouseof |
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| 34 | 34 | | 26RepresentativesoftheOneHundredFirstGeneralAssembly,SecondRegularSession,the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 27Senateconcurringtherein,herebyapprovethestatewaterresourcesplanandtheplan's |
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| 36 | 36 | | 28implementation;and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 29 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 30 BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheChiefClerkoftheHouseofRepresentatives |
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| 39 | 39 | | 31beinstructedtoprepareaproperlyinscribedcopyofthisresolutionforthedirectorofthe |
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| 40 | 40 | | 32departmentofnaturalresources. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ✔ |
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| 42 | 42 | | HCR72 2 |
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