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The Rules 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;        

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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."   Signing to                 
calendar: Senator Halford, Chair, Senators Rieger, Jacko.  Signing do          
not pass: Senator Little.  Signing do not whatever: Senator Zharoff.           
                                                                               
Fiscal note for the bill and the Finance committee substitute                  
published today from Department of Law.  Zero fiscal note for the              
bill and the Finance committee substitute published today from                 
Department of Administration.  Zero fiscal note for the Finance                
committee substitute published today from Department of Revenue.               
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 215 is on today's calendar.