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SB 215                                                                       
The Finance 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                 
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(FIN), 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                     
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          

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SB 215                                                                       
providing for the suspension and reimposition of one of the new                
surcharges; and providing for an effective date."                              
                                                                               
Signing do pass: Senators Frank, Pearce, Cochairs, Senators Jacko,             
Kelly, Sharp.  Signing no recommendation: Senator Rieger.                      
                                                                               
Zero fiscal note for the bill and the committee substitute published           
today from Department of Public Safety.  Zero fiscal note for the              
committee substitute published today from Department of                        
Environmental Conservation.  Zero fiscal notes forthcoming from                
Department of Administration, Department of Revenue.  Fiscal note              
forthcoming from Department of Law.                                            
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 215 was referred to the Rules Committee.