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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Government Operations Bill TextSunset Laws - Wastewater financing board, June 30, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *HB0540 / SB0985 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Govt. OpSenate Comm. Bill TextSunset Laws - Wastewater financing board, June 30, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for SB0985 / *HB0540 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0480. Taxes, Sales - Earmarks certain sales tax revenues from municipalities that are premier type tourist resorts for construction and maintenance of wastewater facilities and projects. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-103(a)(3)(B). Fiscal Summary for *HB0396 / SB0480Decrease State Revenues - $1,065,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues: $1,065,000 - Earmarked for the French Broad River Wastewater Pipeline and other specified projects Bill Summary for *HB0396 / SB0480 Under present law, 4.2462 percent of sales and use tax revenue is distributed to incorporated municipalities based on the municipalities' population. Present law provides for alternate distribution calculations for municipalities classified as premier type tourist resorts. The collective amounts paid under the premier type tourist resort provisions are limited to the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0396. Taxes, Sales - Earmarks certain sales tax revenues from municipalities that are premier type tourist resorts for construction and maintenance of wastewater facilities and projects. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-103(a)(3)(B). Fiscal Summary for SB0480 / *HB0396Decrease State Revenues - $1,065,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues: $1,065,000 - Earmarked for the French Broad River Wastewater Pipeline and other specified projects Bill Summary for SB0480 / *HB0396 Under present law, 4.2462 percent of sales and use tax revenue is distributed to incorporated municipalities based on the municipalities' population. Present law provides for alternate distribution calculations for municipalities classified as premier type tourist resorts. The collective amounts paid under the premier type tourist resort provisions are limited to the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1253. Water - Excludes narrow run-off ditches from the definition of waters for purposes of the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Section 69-3-103. Fiscal Summary for *HB0865 / SB1253 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $700,000 Decrease State Revenues - Exceeds $500,000/Environmental Protection Fund Other Fiscal Impact - By exempting such waters from the provisions of the Water Quality Control Act, the definition of the waters of the state would be more narrowly defined than the federal definition of waters. Narrowing of this definition would jeopardize approximately $2,100,000 of federal funding to the Department of Environment and Conservation. Bill Summary for *HB0865 / SB1253 ON MAY 7, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1253, AS AMENDED. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0865. Water - Excludes narrow run-off ditches from the definition of waters for purposes of the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Section 69-3-103. Fiscal Summary for SB1253 / *HB0865 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $700,000 Decrease State Revenues - Exceeds $500,000/Environmental Protection Fund Other Fiscal Impact - By exempting such waters from the provisions of the Water Quality Control Act, the definition of the waters of the state would be more narrowly defined than the federal definition of waters. Narrowing of this definition would jeopardize approximately $2,100,000 of federal funding to the Department of Environment and Conservation. Bill Summary for SB1253 / *HB0865 ON MAY 7, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1253, AS AMENDED. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Placed on Calendar Conservation & Environment Committee for 08/23/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0605. Water Pollution - Revises issuance and enforcement process for permits under Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB1806 / *SB0605 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $500,000 Increase State Expenditures - $9,436,000/Recurring $818,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB1806 / *SB0605 Generally, the Water Quality Control Act requires a person to obtain a permit from the department of environment and conservation in order to engage in certain activities that may affect the waters of this state, such as constructing, installing, modifying, or operating any treatment works, discharging sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into waters, or constructing, installing or operating a concentrated animal feeding operation (see TCA 69-3-108).[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1806. Water Pollution - Revises issuance and enforcement process for permits under Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB0605 / HB1806 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $500,000 Increase State Expenditures - $9,436,000/Recurring $818,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB0605 / HB1806 Generally, the Water Quality Control Act requires a person to obtain a permit from the department of environment and conservation in order to engage in certain activities that may affect the waters of this state, such as constructing, installing, modifying, or operating any treatment works, discharging sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into waters, or constructing, installing or operating a concentrated animal feeding operation (see TCA 69-3-108).[...] show full description
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Placed on Calendar Conservation & Environment Committee for 08/23/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0604. Water Resources - Authorizes commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work orders for activities that violate the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1805 / *SB0604 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $50,000 Increase State Expenditures - $901,000/Recurring $90,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB1805 / *SB0604 This bill authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work orders for activities that violate or will imminently violate the Water Quality Control Act or threaten public safety. This bill would not apply to stop work orders for coal mining or forestry, which are governed by other provisions of law. The order must specify those parts of the activities on site that [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1805. Water Resources - Authorizes commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work orders for activities that violate the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB0604 / HB1805 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $50,000 Increase State Expenditures - $901,000/Recurring $90,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB0604 / HB1805 This bill authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work orders for activities that violate or will imminently violate the Water Quality Control Act or threaten public safety. This bill would not apply to stop work orders for coal mining or forestry, which are governed by other provisions of law. The order must specify those parts of the activities on site that [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Environment of CON Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3613. Water Resources - Enacts "Tennessee Water Conservation and Drought Preparedness Act of 2008." - Amends amend TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for HB3978 / *SB3613 Increase State Expenditures - $186,600/Recurring $ 16,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $2,500,000/One-Time Exceeds $250,000/Recurring Exceeds $1,250,000/Every fifth year Bill Summary for HB3978 / *SB3613 This bill requires each community water system to prepare and submit to the department of environment and conservation a system water plan that includes the following components: (1) A water supply plan; (2) A drought preparedness plan; and (3) A water conservation [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextWater Resources - Prohibits return of drinking water to public water distribution system after it has been used for any purpose unrelated to the provision of drinking water; requires public water systems to provide at least 90 days', instead of 60 days', notice to all interested parties prior to abandoning or terminating water services. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *HB3762 / SB3911MINIMAL
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextWater Resources - Prohibits return of drinking water to public water distribution system after it has been used for any purpose unrelated to the provision of drinking water; requires public water systems to provide at least 90 days', instead of 60 days', notice to all interested parties prior to abandoning or terminating water services. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for SB3911 / *HB3762MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 767 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2979. Water Resources - Establishes standards for drawing samples to test water quality of Pigeon River where it enters Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3482 / *SB2979 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3482 / *SB2979 This bill requires, under the Water Quality Control Act, that any water sample drawn to test the quality of the Pigeon River at the time such river enters this state from Haywood County, North Carolina, be drawn within one quarter mile of the border separating Tennessee and North Carolina, in the center of the river. This bill further requires that the sample only be drawn at a time when any power plant that emits discharges into the Pigeon River and is located within one mile of the state border is running [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Study Committee Sub-committee of Budget Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Studies - Creates special joint committee to study creation of state water authority. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0781Increase State Expenditures - $2,100 Each One-Day Meeting
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 779 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3631. Water - Requires the water and wastewater financing board to conduct a study of water and sewer rates set by a municipality providing water or sewer, or both, to customers inside and outside the municipal jurisdiction boundaries. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB3104 / SB3631Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3104 / SB3631 This bill amends the Utility District Law of 1937 in regard to rates. Under this bill, if a municipality provides water service directly to subscribers located within its corporate limits as well as subscribers living outside its corporate limits and if the subscriber base outside the corporate limits becomes equal to or greater than 20 percent of the subscriber base inside the corporate limits, then the water rates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 779 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3104. Water - Requires the water and wastewater financing board to conduct a study of water and sewer rates set by a municipality providing water or sewer, or both, to customers inside and outside the municipal jurisdiction boundaries. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for SB3631 / *HB3104Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3631 / *HB3104 This bill amends the Utility District Law of 1937 in regard to rates. Under this bill, if a municipality provides water service directly to subscribers located within its corporate limits as well as subscribers living outside its corporate limits and if the subscriber base outside the corporate limits becomes equal to or greater than 20 percent of the subscriber base inside the corporate limits, then the water rates [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3978. Water Resources - Enacts "Tennessee Water Conservation and Drought Preparedness Act of 2008." - Amends amend TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *SB3613 / HB3978 Increase State Expenditures - $186,600/Recurring $ 16,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $2,500,000/One-Time Exceeds $250,000/Recurring Exceeds $1,250,000/Every fifth year Bill Summary for *SB3613 / HB3978 This bill requires each community water system to prepare and submit to the department of environment and conservation a system water plan that includes the following components: (1) A water supply plan; (2) A drought preparedness plan; and (3) A water conservation [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill TextWater Resources - Authorizes state to issue grant for pilot project to develop rural water supply subject to specific limitations. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *HB2810 / SB3180(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $2,000,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - $500,000/Permissive
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextWater Resources - Prohibits the sale or transfer of waters of the state to another state. - Amends TCA Title 64, Title 65, Title 68 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *HB2838 / SB3010Decrease Local Revenue - Exceeds $1,000,000
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