Bill Summary for Bill Number HB06-1303

Date: 04/05/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1303

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved a substitute motion to adopt amendment L.005 Moved amendment L.004. (The amendment reduces the Moved to amend the legislative declaration in L.00	FAIL PASS Pass Without Objection

01:39 PM -- House Bill 06-1303 - Concerning the County Environmental Hazard Remediation Fund and County Governments - (for action only)

(The following background information on House Bill 06-1303 was provided by Representative Plant during the February 22, 2006, meeting of the House Finance Committee.) As introduced, House Bill 06-1303 was recommended by the Joint Budget Committee and directs the State Treasurer to transfer $30 million on July 1, 2006, from the Hazardous Substance Response Fund to the newly-created County Environmental Hazard Remediation Fund. Money in the new fund would be allocated by the Department of Local Affairs to counties based on population. Representative Plant said that the bill requires the money to be used by counties to identify, clean-up, or remediate environmental hazards. The money in the Hazardous Substance Response Fund would be made available to counties for certain environmental purposes.

The committee discussed the use of funds by counties in the bill and the figures in the fiscal note. Representative Plant distributed amendment L.005 (Attachment A) and commented that it reduces the bill's fiscal impact and requires that only interest earnings on the money in the Hazardous Substance Response Fund be used by counties for waste management efforts.

Representative Frangas distributed amendment L.004 (Attachment B) to committee members and explained that it establishes a process that enables local governments to apply for grants or other forms of assistance to assist with the impacts associated with superfund sites in the state. The committee discussed amendment L.004 and current law as it applies to a local government's ability to obtain financial assistance to clean up superfund sites.

Representative Frangas moved amendment L.004. Prior to the committee vote, a substitute motion to adopt amendment L.005 was made, but it failed on a 8-5-0 vote. A subsequent motion to amend the legislative declaration in L.004 passed without objection by those members present before the final vote on amendment L.004 was taken. The concluding vote to adopt amendment L.004, as amended, was adopted on a 7-6-0 vote. Representative Vigil, Chairman, took the bill off the table.


BILL:	HB06-1303
TIME:	01:41:11 PM
MOVED:	Frangas
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.004. (The amendment reduces the fiscal impact of the bill and establishes a process that enables local governments to apply for grants or other forms of assistance to assist with the impacts associated with superfund sites in the state.) Prior to the committee vote, a substitute motion to adopt amendment L.005 was made, but it failed on a 8-5-0 vote. A subsequent motion to amend the legislative declaration in L.004 passed without objection by those members present before the final vote on amendment L.004 was taken. The concluding vote to adopt amendment L.004, as amended, was adopted on a 7-6-0 vote. Representative Vigil, Chairman, took the bill off the table.
SECONDED:	Judd
		VOTE
	Benefield	No
	Cloer	No
	Crane	No
	Frangas	Yes
	Garcia	No
	Harvey	Yes
	Jahn	Yes
	Kerr	No
	Marshall	Yes
	Massey	Yes
	McCluskey	Yes
	Judd	Yes
	Vigil	No
Not Final YES: 7 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB06-1303
TIME:	01:45:10 PM
MOVED:	Garcia
MOTION:	Moved a substitute motion to adopt amendment L.005 (The amendment would require that only interest earnings on the money in the Hazardous Substance Response Fund be used by counties for waste management efforts.) The motion failed on a 8-5-0 vote.
SECONDED:	Cloer
		VOTE
	Benefield	Yes
	Cloer	No
	Crane	No
	Frangas	Yes
	Garcia	No
	Harvey	No
	Jahn	Yes
	Kerr	No
	Marshall	No
	Massey	No
	McCluskey	No
	Judd	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
Not Final YES: 5 NO: 8 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	HB06-1303
TIME:	01:58:44 PM
MOVED:	Harvey
MOTION:	Moved to amend the legislative declaration in L.004 as follows. Page 1, strike lines 5 through 9 and substitute the following: 25-16-106. Local requests to remediate superfund sites - legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby declares that the federal government has not taken appropriate action, or provided necessary funding to assist in the remediation of existing superfund sites in the state. The motion passed without objection by those members present.
SECONDED:	Frangas
		VOTE
	Benefield
	Cloer
	Crane
	Frangas
	Garcia
	Harvey
	Jahn
	Kerr
	Marshall
	Massey
	McCluskey
	Judd
	Vigil
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

02:02 PM

Representative Vigil, Chairman, took the bill off the table.