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Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0384. Environment and Conservation, Department of - Gives the department the authority to suspend the completion of an erosion plan filed with the department in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 13; Title 43; Title 59 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for HB1599 / *SB0384Other Fiscal Impact - According to the Department of Environment and Conservation, the term erosion remediation plan is not defined in current law or in departmental rules and regulations. Nor is such a definition provided through the language of the bill. Additionally, any jurisdiction held by the department over such sites is based upon the type of activity occurring on the site rather than the filing of a plan. Therefore, there would be no fiscal impact associated with the passage of this bill as written. Bill Summary for HB1599 / *SB0384 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1599. Environment and Conservation, Department of - Gives the department the authority to suspend the completion of an erosion plan filed with the department in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 13; Title 43; Title 59 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *SB0384 / HB1599Other Fiscal Impact - According to the Department of Environment and Conservation, the term erosion remediation plan is not defined in current law or in departmental rules and regulations. Nor is such a definition provided through the language of the bill. Additionally, any jurisdiction held by the department over such sites is based upon the type of activity occurring on the site rather than the filing of a plan. Therefore, there would be no fiscal impact associated with the passage of this bill as written. Bill Summary for *SB0384 / HB1599 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires native grasses to be used to cover the site of a landfill that has been filled or closed to further operations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211. Fiscal Summary for *HB0048 / SB0246 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Environment of CON Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires any change in status of tanks at petroleum underground storage tank facility be reported to department via amended notification form within 45 days, instead of 30 days, of such change. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 215. Fiscal Summary for HB0839 / *SB0530 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires the petroleum underground storage tank board to meet once annually instead of twice annually and increases the board members' compensation to $75.00 from $50.00. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB1149 / *SB0489 Increase State Expenditures - $2,700
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Public Chapter 153 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2266. Environmental Preservation - Authorizes use of revenues produced from the sale of environmental plate for making grants to state universities for development of new methods of treating pests that threaten trees and other vegetation at parks; revises provisions for grants from the local parks land acquisition fund. - Amends TCA Sections 67-4-409(i) and 55-4-262. Fiscal Summary for *HB2288 / SB2266Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2288 / SB2266 Present law allocates revenue produced from the sale of environmental license plates to the division of state parks in the department of environment and conservation to be used solely for the planting, cultivation, and maintenance of trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers. This bill adds to that authorizing revenue produced from the sale of environmental license [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires native grasses to be used to cover the site of a landfill that has been filled or closed to further operations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211. Fiscal Summary for SB0246 / *HB0048 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires the petroleum underground storage tank board to meet once annually instead of twice annually and increases the board members' compensation to $75.00 from $50.00. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB0489 / HB1149 Increase State Expenditures - $2,700
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Requires any change in status of tanks at petroleum underground storage tank facility be reported to department via amended notification form within 45 days, instead of 30 days, of such change. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 215. Fiscal Summary for *SB0530 / HB0839 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 153 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2288. Environmental Preservation - Authorizes use of revenues produced from the sale of environmental plate for making grants to state universities for development of new methods of treating pests that threaten trees and other vegetation at parks; revises provisions for grants from the local parks land acquisition fund. - Amends TCA Sections 67-4-409(i) and 55-4-262. Fiscal Summary for SB2266 / *HB2288Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2266 / *HB2288 Present law allocates revenue produced from the sale of environmental license plates to the division of state parks in the department of environment and conservation to be used solely for the planting, cultivation, and maintenance of trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers. This bill adds to that authorizing revenue produced from the sale of environmental license [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4087. Environmental Preservation - Provides that civil penalties and fines imposed for improper disposal of hazardous, solid, toxic, or nuclear waste are to be used by the department of environment and conservation to contract for remediation of the site and prohibits the violators' records from being expunged. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4060 / *SB4087Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $10,000,000 Other Fiscal Impact - If the provisions of the bill are interpreted to confer liability for the remediation of illegal dumping to the state, there is estimated to be an increase in state expenditures that will not be entirely offset by increases in penalty revenue due to caps on penalties and the possibility that the violator is bankrupt in some cases. Liability to the state for which the state does not receive equal penalty revenue is estimated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Deletes provisions making proprietary information provided to TDEC under the Radiological Health Service Act confidential; and specifies that TDEC's rules and regulations controlling solid waste disposal impose liability for site cleanup on entities responsible for contaminated site to extent permissible under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4063 / *SB4090 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 730 Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Exempts boilers used to generate electricity under contract with TVA from regulation by board of boiler rules, authorizes technical secretary of the air pollution control board to establish expedited review process for permit filed by combined heat and power plant or a recoverable waste energy plant. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 69. Fiscal Summary for *HB4202 / SB4204MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4060. Environmental Preservation - Provides that civil penalties and fines imposed for improper disposal of hazardous, solid, toxic, or nuclear waste are to be used by the department of environment and conservation to contract for remediation of the site and prohibits the violators' records from being expunged. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB4087 / HB4060Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $10,000,000 Other Fiscal Impact - If the provisions of the bill are interpreted to confer liability for the remediation of illegal dumping to the state, there is estimated to be an increase in state expenditures that will not be entirely offset by increases in penalty revenue due to caps on penalties and the possibility that the violator is bankrupt in some cases. Liability to the state for which the state does not receive equal penalty revenue is estimated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Deletes provisions making proprietary information provided to TDEC under the Radiological Health Service Act confidential; and specifies that TDEC's rules and regulations controlling solid waste disposal impose liability for site cleanup on entities responsible for contaminated site to extent permissible under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB4090 / HB4063 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 730 Bill TextEnvironmental Preservation - Exempts boilers used to generate electricity under contract with TVA from regulation by board of boiler rules, authorizes technical secretary of the air pollution control board to establish expedited review process for permit filed by combined heat and power plant or a recoverable waste energy plant. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 69. Fiscal Summary for SB4204 / *HB4202MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 794 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4199. Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - Revises various provisions governing petroleum underground storage tanks, including provisions governing nonpayment of annual fees and provisions governing the petroleum underground storage tank fund. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 215, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4200 / *HB4199 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - According to TDEC, passage of this bill will prevent a potential loss of federal funds for non-compliance of state UST law with the Federal Energy Act of 2005. Removing fee payments as the basis of eligibility will allow TDEC to meet new federal requirements for determining eligibility without having to hire more staff. Bill Summary for SB4200 / *HB4199 This bill makes numerous technical changes to the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4198. Mining and Quarrying - Enacts the "Tennessee Non-Coal Surface Mining Law." - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 8, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB4198 / *HB4198 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4198 / *HB4198 This bill revises various portions of the Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972, as follows: (1) This bill renames the Act to be the "Tennessee Non-Coal Surface Mining Law." (2) This bill expands the application of the Act to include any solid material or substance of commercial value found in natural deposits on or in the earth, except for coal or borrow. Under present law, the Act does not apply to limestone, coal, marble, chert, or dimension stone or, in Shelby County only, gravel or sand. (3) Present law defines [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill TextTaxes, Exemption and Credits - Exempts from state sales tax compact fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent light bulbs; also exempts household appliances and products awarded the ENERGY STAR label pursuant to the federal ENERGY STAR program; eligible products are refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, clothes washers, clothes dryers, dishwashers, central heating and air conditioning units, space heaters, room air conditioners and hot water heaters; all products must be solely for household use. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3175 / *SB2700Decrease State Revenue - $168,898,800 Decrease Local Govt. Revenue - $54,288,900
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Wildlife of CON Bill TextTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Authorizes TWRA to make expenditures from the 1986 wetland acquisition fund to purchase suitable land for the establishment of a wildlife management area in Dickson County. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB3166 / SB3348Other Fiscal Impact - In the absence of this legislation, such a purchase using Wetlands Acquisition Fund dollars would not be authorized. Therefore, the impact of this bill will be an increase in state expenditures to the Wetlands Acquisition Fund and such purchase will be subject to the discretion of the Executive Director of TWRA. The increase in expenditures from the Wetlands Acquisition Fund cannot be reasonably determined but is estimated to exceed $600,000 to the extent land is purchased for establishment of a wildlife management area in Dickson County.
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