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SB 215                                                                       
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 215(FIN) am(efd fld) by the Senate                      
Finance Committee, entitled:                                                   
                                                                               
"An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances; redesignating the           
oil and hazardous substance release response fund and relating to              
it; repealing the Citizens' Oversight Council on Oil and Other                 

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SB 215                                                                       
Hazardous Substances and the authority in law by which marine                 
highway vessels may be designed and constructed to aid in oil and              
hazardous substance spill cleanup in state marine water using                  
money in the oil and hazardous substance release response fund                 
and repealing the authority of the Department of Environmental                 
Conservation to levy and collect fees for review of certain                    
submissions related to oil; altering requirements applicable to liens          
for recovery of state expenditures related to oil or hazardous                 
substances; terminating the nickel-per-barrel oil conservation                 
surcharge; levying and collecting two new oil surcharges; and                  
providing for the suspension and reimposition of one of the new                
surcharges.                                                                    
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Resources, State Affairs and       
Finance Committees.