2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 244
BY SENATORS ADLEY AND WALSWORTH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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
18 participant, the department shall obligate monies available in the Tank Trust Fund
19 to provide for the following response actions:
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21 (c)(i) * * *
ACT No. 277
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1 (ii) The monies expended from the Tank Trust Fund for any of the above
2 approved costs shall be spent only up to such sums as that which is necessary to
3 satisfy federal petroleum underground storage tank financial responsibility
4 requirements (40 CFR 280.93) or one million five hundred thousand dollars,
5 whichever is greater.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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