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        March 4, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 154, WOOD BURNING AMENDMENTS, by Representative P. Arent, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 12 through 14 :    

             12          

{   .    authorizes the director of the Division of Air Quality to hire contractors or part-time

             13      temporary employees to investigate reports of wood burning on days when wood
             14      burning is prohibited   } ;

2.    Page 1, Line 28 through Page 2, Line 31 :    

             28              .    from the General Fund, one-time, $1,800,000
{   ; and

             29          .    to the Department of Environmental Quality _ Division of Air Quality as an
             30      ongoing appropriation:
             31              .    from the General Fund, ongoing, $250,000   } .

3.    Page 9, Lines 261 through 262 :    

             261          
{   (3) The director shall, as funding allows, hire part-time temporary or contract

             262      employees to investigate reports of wood burning on days when wood burning is

prohibited.   }

4.    Page 10, Lines 281 through 284 :    

             281          

{   To Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Air Quality

             282              From General Fund, ongoing
$250,000

             283              Schedule of programs:
             284                  Contract employees                    $250,000   }

5.    Page 10, Lines 288 through 290 :    

             288      described in Section 19-2-107.5 ,
  and       promoting public awareness of the effects of wood burning on

             289      air quality
{   , and hiring and equipping temporary contract employees to investigate reports of

             290      wood burning   } .

    Respectfully,

    Michael E. Noel
    Committee Chair

Voting: 14-0-2
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