Amendment AA1-AB499

LRBa1317/1

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 499

October 5, 2017 - Offered by Representative Hutton.

AB499-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB499-AA1,1,2 1. Page 32, line 4: delete “(2m)" and substitute “(1g)".

AB499-AA1,1,3 2. Page 32, line 5: delete “(2m)" and substitute “(1g)".

AB499-AA1,1,4 3. Page 32, line 10: after that line insert:

AB499-AA1,1,5 “ Section 39m. 293.51 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB499-AA1,2,7 293.51 (1m) Upon notification that an application for a mining permit has been approved by the department but prior to commencing mining, the operator shall file with the department a bond issued by a surety company licensed to do business in this state, cash, certificates of deposit, or government security, to cover unforeseen remedial contingencies not otherwise covered by the bonds or other security required under sub. (1) or (1g), including for the provision of a replacement water supply if required under s. 293.65 (4) (d). The amount of the bond or other security required shall be 10 percent of the total amount of the bonds or other security required under subs. (1) and (1g). The operator shall increase, and may decrease, the amount of the bond under this subsection according to any increase or decrease in the amount of the bonds or other security required under subs. (1) or (1g) until the operator ceases to extract material from the mining site, at which point the amount of the bond under this subsection shall remain the same until released by the department. The bond or other security under this subsection shall be released no later than 40 years after the operator ceases to extract material from the mining site.”.

AB499-AA1,2,8 4. Page 32, line 13: delete “(1) and (2m)" and substitute “ (1), (1g), and (1m)".

AB499-AA1,2,9 (End)