HB2004 S JUDICIARY AMT

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            The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            Eng. Com. Sub. House Bill No. 2004--A Bill to amend and reenact §22-5-20 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the development of a state plan under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act; setting forth legislative findings; prohibiting submission of a state plan without authority; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to study the feasibility of a state plan; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to submit a report to the Legislature determining whether a state plan is feasible; allowing for the development of a proposed state plan; requiring the state plan to be on a unit-specific basis; allowing for the plan to be on either a rate-based or meter-based standard; allowing for legislative review and consideration prior to submission of a state plan to the Environmental Protection Agency; and creating exceptions to the legal effect of the state plan.

Adopted

Rejected