LRB-2987/1
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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
April 25, 2001 - Introduced by Senators Decker, Burke, Baumgart, Hansen, Risser
and George, cosponsored by Representatives Black, La Fave, Reynolds,
Sherman, Turner, Pocan, Staskunas, Huber, Richards, J. Lehman, Miller,
Bock, Balow, Lassa, Berceau, Carpenter, Cullen, Plouff and Krawczyk.
Referred to Committee on Environmental Resources.
SB160,1,2
1An Act to create 293.67 of the statutes;
relating to: prohibiting the use of
2cyanide in metallic mining.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits the use of cyanide and cyanide compounds in mining for
metallic minerals and processing metallic ore.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB160, s. 1
3Section
1. 293.67 of the statutes is created to read:
SB160,1,5
4293.67 Use of cyanide in mining. No person may conduct mining or metallic
5ore processing using cyanide or a cyanide compound.
