Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

Digest: The Act allows exempt wells to use a set amount of water per day for irrigating lawns and gardens. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). 
	[Digest: The Act tells an agency to study exempt uses of water. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).] 
	[Directs the Water Resources Department to study exempt uses of water. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to water not later than September 15, 2026.] 
	Permits certain exempt ground water users to withdraw up to 3,000 gallons of water per day for watering any lawn or noncommercial or commercial garden that does not exceed one-half acre. 
	Specifies that the total combined use for industrial or commercial purposes, when combined with a commercial garden, may not exceed 5,000 gallons per day.
Statutes affected: 
A-Engrossed: 537.545, 536.900, 540.045