LRB-0248/2
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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0097 - Contaminated site bonding increase
For 2011-13 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Hazardous substances and environmental cleanup
Current law authorizes DNR to conduct or fund activities to investigate and remedy environmental contamination in some situations. This bill increases the authorized bonding authority to finance those activities by $3,000,000.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.866 (2) (tg) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866
(2) (tg)
Natural resources; environmental repair. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund investigations and remedial action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) or 292.31 and remedial action under s. 281.83 and for payment of this state's share of environmental repair that is funded under
42 USC 6991 to
6991i or
42 USC 9601 to
9675. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed
$54,000,000 $57,000,000 for this purpose. Of this amount, $7,000,000 is allocated for remedial action under s. 281.83.
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