HB 2286 - DIGEST

Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife, without prior express direction from the legislature, from: (1) Officially entering into a habitat conservation plan, or other multiyear agreement with the federal government under the endangered species act, for the hydraulics project approval program that commits the state to future action or constrains future state options; and

(2) Finalizing rule-making processes related to the hydraulic project approval program that is or was funded in part or whole by a grant from any branch of the federal government.