Introduced
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To extend for two years, until June 5, 2005, the requirement that a person pay a $750 fee when submitting a petition to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a determination about a baseline environmental assessment. Under current law, someone who becomes the owner or operator of a contaminated property may petition the DEQ within six months after the completion of a baseline environmental assessment for an exemption from liability for hazardous substance cleanup costs.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that adds a cap of $2 million the fee revenue that can be collected for the new annual groundwater discharge permits and fees authorized by Senate Bill 560. The expanded permit requirements and new fees will be imposed on some 1,400 business, nonprofit, and municipal facilities.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To cap at $2 million the fee revenue that can be collected for the new annual groundwater discharge permits and fees authorized by Senate Bill 560, with additional revenue refunded to permittes on a pro-rata basis. The expanded permit requirements and new fees will be imposed on some 1,400 business, nonprofit, and municipal facilities. The bill would also extend for two years, until June 5, 2005, the requirement that a person pay a $750 fee when submitting a petition to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a determination about a baseline environmental assessment. Under current law, someone who becomes the owner or operator of a contaminated property may petition the DEQ within six months after the completion of a baseline environmental assessment for an exemption from liability for hazardous substance cleanup costs.
Amendment offered
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To establish that the pro-rated refunds of excess collections of the annual groundwater discharge permit fees authorized by SB 560 would be in the form of a credit on the next year's permit fee, not a check.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To cap at $2 million the fee revenue that can be collected for the new annual groundwater discharge permits and fees authorized by Senate Bill 560, with additional revenue credited to permittes on a pro-rata basis. The expanded permit requirements and new fees will be imposed on some 1,400 business, nonprofit, and municipal facilities. The bill would also extend for two years, until June 5, 2005, the requirement that a person pay a $750 fee when submitting a petition to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a determination about a baseline environmental assessment. Under current law, someone who becomes the owner or operator of a contaminated property may petition the DEQ within six months after the completion of a baseline environmental assessment for an exemption from liability for hazardous substance cleanup costs.
Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
