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SB 215                                                                       
The Resources Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 215 "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         

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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" and recommended it be replaced with                            
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 215(RES), entitled:                                    
"An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances;                             
redesignating the oil and hazardous substance release                          
response fund and its uses; 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 and 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; and                             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Signing do pass: Senator Miller, Chair, Senators Leman, Pearce,                
Frank.  Signing no recommendation: Senator Donley.  Signing no                 
ferries - no recommendation: Senator Zharoff.                                  
                                                                               
Fiscal note for the bill and fiscal note for the committee substitute          
published today from Department of Environmental Conservation.                 
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 215 was referred to the Finance Committee.