RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

Removed draft metadata, page headers, and formatting artifacts from the previous version.

Reorganized section numbering and structure for clarity, moving definitions to Chapter 340E-B and safety requirements to Chapter 340E-C.

Simplified definitions section by removing the 'dry-retention system' alternative term and clarifying the distinction between detention and retention ponds.

Consolidated safety requirements into a single section with clearer numbering and formatting.

Added explicit requirement for a maintenance plan including design drawings, operational records, and replacement timelines for pond structures.

Added requirement for emergency spillways to allow safe overflow when storage capacity is exceeded.

Added requirement for shelves or shallow areas around pond banks to allow people and animals to climb out of the water.

Added requirement for a landscaped buffer to discourage people and pets from entering the pond.

Added requirement for appropriate accumulated sediment levels in ponds.

Added requirement for proper gradual sloping that is not eroding and causing destabilization at embankments.

Added requirement for other requirements as determined by the department.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure proper vegetation management, trash removal, ground cover, sediment levels, fencing, signage, and ring buoys.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure proper gradual sloping that is not eroding and causing destabilization at embankments.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure the presence of shelves or shallow areas around the banks that allow people and animals to climb out of the water.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure design and building features that allow for regular maintenance, access for inspections, removal of debris, and vegetation management.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure a maintenance plan on file by the owners or operators of the retention pond or detention pond that includes design drawings and operational records and addresses vegetation management, bank erosion and stabilization, and removal of trash, debris, litter, and sediment.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure a maintenance plan addresses life expectancy and a replacement timeline for outlet and inlet structures, orifices, trash racks, and emergency spillways and complies with federal, state, and county requirements.

Added requirement for inspections to ensure other requirements as determined by the department.

Added requirement for the department to strive to inspect retention ponds and detention ponds before and after major rain events.

Added requirement for the department to adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of the chapter.

Added requirement for violations of the chapter to be subject to administrative fines as determined by the department in accordance with rules.

Added requirement for the department to conduct a survey of all existing retention and detention ponds statewide and submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026.

Added requirement for the appropriation of funds to establish two full-time equivalent positions within the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

Added requirement for the sums appropriated to be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

Added requirement for the Act to take effect on May 13, 2040.

Added requirement for new statutory material to be underscored.

Added requirement for the report title and description to be included at the end of the document.