Fourth Substitute S.B. 144

Representative Kevin S. Garn proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 COMMERCIAL WASTE FACILITY ISSUES
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
5 AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE STUDY
6 OF FEES, TAXES, AND SITING REGARDING COMMERCIAL WASTE FACILITIES;
7 AND APPROPRIATING $500,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
8 QUALITY TO THE GENERAL FUND.
9 This act enacts uncodified material.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Legislative study of commercial waste disposal issues.
12 (1) Since the Legislature has discovered significant issues related to commercial low- level
13 radioactive waste facilities in the state, the Legislature finds a detailed analysis is in order related
14 to fees, taxes, and siting concerning these facilities.
15 (2) (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that during the 1998 Legislative Interim the
16 Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee shall study the issues of fees, taxes, and siting regarding
17 commercial waste disposal facilities in the state.
18 (b) This study shall be conducted under the direction of and in consultation with the
19 Legislative Management Committee, with the interim committee making a final report to the
20 Legislative Management Committee not later than October 31, 1998.
21 Section 2. Appropriation.
22 The Legislature appropriates for fiscal year 1998-99 $500,000 from the financial reserves
23 in the Department of Environmental Quality to the General Fund.

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