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2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 244
BY SENATOR ADLEY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FUNDS/FUNDING. Increases the available monies expended from the Motor Fuel
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund from one million dollars to one million five hundred
thousand dollars. (8/1/15)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2195.2(A)(1)(c)(ii), relative to the Motor Fuel Underground
3 Storage Tank Trust Fund; to provide for financial disbursements from the fund; to
4 increase the available monies expended from the fund from one million dollars to
5 one million five hundred thousand dollars; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 30:2195.2(A)(1)(c)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง2195.2. Uses of the Tank Trust Fund
10 A. The department shall administer the Tank Trust Fund and shall make
11 disbursements from the fund for all necessary and appropriate expenditures. Pursuant
12 to the authorization in R.S. 30:2195, the secretary of the Department of
13 Environmental Quality shall use the Tank Trust Fund as follows:
14 (1) Whenever in the secretary's determination incidence of surface water,
15 groundwater, or soils contamination resulting from the storage of motor fuels may
16 pose a threat to the environment or the public health, safety, and welfare and the
17 owner of the motor fuel underground storage tank has been found to be an eligible
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1 participant, the department shall obligate monies available in the Tank Trust Fund
2 to provide for the following response actions:
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4 (c)(i) * * *
5 (ii) The monies expended from the Tank Trust Fund for any of the above
6 approved costs shall be spent only up to such sums as that which is necessary to
7 satisfy federal petroleum underground storage tank financial responsibility
8 requirements (40 CFR 280.93) or one million five hundred thousand dollars,
9 whichever is greater.
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The original instrument was prepared by Heyward Jeffers. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Martha Hess.
DIGEST
SB 244 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Adley
Present law provides that monies expended from the Motor Fuel Underground Storage Tank
Trust Fund for certain approved costs will be spent only up to such sums as necessary to
satisfy certain federal requirements or one million dollars, whichever is greater.
Proposed law changes the sum from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand
dollars.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 30:2195.2(A)(1)(c)(ii))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the original
bill
1. Changes the amount that can be expended from the fund from three million
dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars.
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