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

Senate Bill 84 (SB 84) prohibits state agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy and Environment, from instituting a moratorium on the issuance of permits in watersheds and other bodies of water, such as the Buffalo River Watershed. A state agency could only institute such a moratorium if it first obtains approval from the Legislative Council. The bill also states that any existing moratoriums in these areas established before the bill's effective date would become unenforceable.