1993-05-08                     Senate Journal                      Page 2207
SB 215                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 215 by SENATORS MILLER, Kelly, entitled:                       
                                                                               
"An Act relating to and redesignating the oil and                             
hazardous substance release response fund and to its                           
use in the event of a disaster emergency; repealing                            
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; amending                                      
requirements relating to the revision of state and                             
regional master prevention and contingency plans;                              
altering requirements applicable to liens for recovery                         
of state expenditures related to oil or hazardous                              
substances; amending the authority to contract to                              
provide personnel to respond to a release or                                   
threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance                             
and to contract to conduct spill related research;                             
reassigning responsibility for the oil and hazardous                           
substance response corps and for the emergency                                 
response depots to the Department of Environmental                             
Conservation, and for the operation of the state                               
emergency response commission and its attendant                                
responsibilities for the local emergency planning                              
commissions to the Department of Military and                                  
Veterans' Affairs; and modifying definitions of                                
terms relating to the preceding provisions;                                    
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; and                                 
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance              
Committees.