Nebraska wants to hear from residents on a new law aimed at keeping Asian carp and other bad fish and invasive mussels and plants out of its lakes and rivers.

The law allows the state to inspect boats and require that they be decontaminated. It also requires people to dump all water from a boat before leaving a lake. And it allows the state to quarantine a boat or trailer when an owner refuses an inspection or decontamination.

Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz is the law’s sponsor. He says the next step is to secure funding to pay for inspection sites and cleaning stations.

A public hearing will be held in Broken Bow as part of the Game and Parks Commission meeting on Friday.