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SB 180                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 180 "An                                                                      
Act directing the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to                                                         
develop and implement standards and operating procedures allowing                                                               
for the use in the construction and maintenance of transportation                                                               
projects and public facilities and in the construction of projects by                                                           
public and private entities of gravel or aggregate materials that contain                                                       
a limited amount of naturally occurring asbestos, and authorizing use                                                           
on an interim basis of those materials for certain transportation                                                               
projects and public facilities; relating to certain claims arising out of or                                                    
in connection with the use of gravel or aggregate materials containing                                                          
a limited amount of naturally occurring asbestos; and providing for an                                                          
effective date" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 180(JUD) "An Act directing                                                                          
     the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to                                                                  
     develop and implement standards and operating procedures,                                                                  
     to evaluate site-specific use plans, and to designate project                                                              
     areas concerning gravel or other aggregate material                                                                        
     containing naturally occurring asbestos; authorizing use on                                                                
     an interim basis of gravel or other aggregate material                                                                     
     containing naturally occurring asbestos for certain                                                                        
     transportation projects and public facilities; providing                                                                   
     immunity for certain landowners, extractors, suppliers,                                                                    
     transporters, and contractors for certain actions or claims                                                                
     arising in connection with the use of gravel or aggregate                                                                  
     material containing naturally occurring asbestos in certain                                                                
     areas; requiring reporting of certain asbestos-related data to                                                             
     the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and                                                                
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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Signing no recommendation: Senator French, Chair; Senators                                                                      
Wielechowski, Paskvan.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 3, Department of Health and Social Services                                                                
     Fiscal Note No. 4, Department of Transportation and Public                                                                 
      Facilities                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
          Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                           
      Development                                                                                                               
         Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Environmental Conservation                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.