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SB 25-140

Irrigation Districts Inflation Adjustments

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Judy Amabile and 20 co-sponsors

SB 25-140 updates irrigation districts' monetary limits to reflect inflation, indexing assessments/fees for automatic adjustments, stabilizing district revenue.

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Bill Summary · SB 25-140

Summary — SB 25-140: Irrigation Districts Inflation Adjustments

Status: Governor signed (approved 2025-04-07)
Introduced: 2025-02-05
Primary Sponsors: Rod Pelton; Dusty Johnson
Cosponsors: T. Winter; R. Keltie; S. Bird; C. Richardson; L. Smith; D. Roberts; N. Hinrichsen; I. Jodeh; C. Simpson; K. McCormick; J. McCluskie; J. Amabile; M. Soper; M. Catlin; F. Winter; J. Gonzales; B. Titone; M. Duran; J. Coleman (and others)

Note: The legislative text of SB 25-140 was not provided. The summary below describes the bill’s apparent purpose and likely types of provisions based on the title and legislative status, and documents the bill’s legislative progress. For the exact statutory changes and dollar amounts, consult the official bill text and fiscal note on the legislature’s website.

Purpose / Intent

SB 25-140, titled “Irrigation Districts Inflation Adjustments,” is intended to update statutory monetary thresholds, fee caps, assessment limits, or other dollar-denominated provisions that apply to irrigation districts to reflect inflation. The bill’s stated purpose (by title) is to ensure that monetary figures in law retain their real value over time and remain administratively workable for irrigation districts and their constituents.

Key provisions (expected)

Because the bill text is not included here, the following describes the typical kinds of changes such a bill would make:
- Adjusts fixed dollar limits, caps, or thresholds in statutes governing irrigation district assessments, fees, penalties, or bonding limits to reflect inflation since the last statutory update.
- May index one or more statutory amounts to a recognized inflation measure (e.g., Consumer Price Index) and establish an automatic adjustment mechanism going forward.
- Could change limits on per-acre assessments, maximum levies, authorization for emergency expenditures, or administrative fee schedules.
- May include implementation rules (effective date, rounding, applicability to ongoing projects, and transition provisions).
- Likely includes conforming statutory cross-reference updates.

Who is affected

  • Irrigation districts (district boards and administrators) — operational budgeting, rate-setting, and bonding authority.
  • Agricultural producers, water users, and property owners served by irrigation districts — potential changes in assessments or fees.
  • County treasurers and local governments involved in tax collection or oversight of district finances.
  • State agencies that interact with irrigation districts for funding, regulation, or technical assistance.

Fiscal and operational impact (general)

  • Could increase or stabilize district revenues by permitting higher nominal assessments or automatic inflation adjustments.
  • May reduce the need for frequent legislative fixes to address erosion of fixed statutory amounts.
  • Actual fiscal impacts depend on the specific amounts adjusted, indexing method, and whether the bill raises caps or merely changes calculation method. Check the bill’s fiscal note for details.

Legislative timeline and status

  • Introduced in Senate: 2025-02-05 (assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources)
  • Passed Senate (no amendments): 2025-02-26
  • Heard and passed in House committees and readings (no amendments): Feb–Mar 2025
  • Sent to Governor: 2025-03-28 (signed by legislative leaders same day)
  • Governor signed: 2025-04-07

Next steps / Where to find the full text

To understand precise changes (specific dollar amounts, exact indexing mechanism, and effective date), review:
- The final enrolled bill text (SB 25-140) on the state legislature’s website
- The bill’s fiscal note and any committee reports for estimated fiscal impacts and implementation guidance

If you want, I can retrieve and summarize the bill’s enacted language and fiscal note (exact statutory changes and effective dates) if you provide the bill text or permit me to fetch it.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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