TO PROHIBIT A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER.

Senate Bill 290 prohibits state agencies from instituting new moratoria, or temporary bans, on issuing permits within watersheds and other bodies of water. This means that future permit applications for activities in these areas cannot be broadly paused. The bill clarifies that it does not affect any moratoria that were already established by rule before its effective date. It also directs the Department of Agriculture to temporarily use existing rules for liquid animal waste management systems until the department adopts its own final regulations.