Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2114: Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring post-construction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer
Status: Signed into law, April 9, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning water; relating to dams, levees and other water obstructions; clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam; increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam; requiring post-construction permit fees to construct, modify or add to a water obstruction or to change or diminish the course, current or cross section of a stream…
From the enrolled text, April 9, 2026:
AN ACT concerning water; relating to dams, levees and other water obstructions; clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam; increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam; requiring post-construction permit fees to construct, modify or add to a water obstruction or to change or diminish the course, current or cross section of a stream; requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or to be a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of such a licensed professional engineer; adding a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 per violation; remitting civil penalty amounts to the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-301, 82a-302, 82a-303b and 82a-305a and repealing the existing sections. Section 1. K.S.A. 82a-301 is hereby amended to read as follows: 82a-301. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), without the prior written consent or permit of the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, corporation or agency or political subdivision of the state government (B) construct, modify or add to any water obstruction in a designated stream; or (C) change or diminish …