05/02/2005 10:36 AM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(RES)                                                                                              
     "An Act relating to pesticides and broadcast chemicals; and                                                                
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This  was the third  hearing  for this  bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MIKE PAWLOWSKI,  Staff  to Representative  Kevin  Meyer, the  bill's                                                            
sponsor,  informed  the Committee  that  a corrected  Department  of                                                            
Environmental  Conservation  fiscal note, dated  April 28,  2005 had                                                            
been distributed.  While the  amounts reflected  in the fiscal  note                                                            
were  not altered,  clarifying  changes were  made  in the  Analysis                                                            
section  of  the  note  in  regards  to  the  amounts  of  chemicals                                                            
registered in  the State. The fees generated from  the program would                                                            
replace the general fund obligation by the year 2007.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  moved  to  report the  bill  from  Committee  with                                                            
individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal note.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection,  CS HB 19(FIN) was REPORTED from Committee                                                            
with  new  $221,600  fiscal  note  dated April  28,  2005  from  the                                                            
Department of Environmental Conservation.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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