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| 2 | 2 | | ZDW:cdc |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 339 |
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| 5 | 5 | | June 30, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SNYDER, KITCHENS, MOSES, |
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| 6 | 6 | | O'CONNOR, SPIROS, STEFFEN, TITTL, BALDEH and OHNSTAD, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Senators TOMCZYK, CABRAL-GUEVARA, FEYEN, STROEBEL, TESTIN and PFAFF. |
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| 8 | 8 | | Referred to Committee on Environment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 20.931 (title); and to create 20.931 (3) of the statutes; relating |
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| 11 | 11 | | to: restrictions on use of certain refrigerants. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Current federal law provides that, to the extent practicable, certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | ozone-depleting substances must be replaced by chemicals, product substitutes, or |
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| 15 | 15 | | alternative manufacturing processes that reduce risks to human health and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to promulgate |
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| 17 | 17 | | administrative rules identifying acceptable alternatives to these ozone-depleting |
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| 18 | 18 | | substances. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill provides that no state agency and no local governmental unit may |
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| 20 | 20 | | prohibit or limit the use of a refrigerant that the EPA has designated as acceptable |
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| 21 | 21 | | for use. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 23 | 23 | | enact as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. 20.931 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 20.931 (title) Prohibited boycotts governmental actions. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. 20.931 (3) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 339 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 20.931 (3) PROHIBITIONS OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS. No state agency and no local |
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| 35 | 35 | | governmental unit may prohibit or otherwise limit the use of a refrigerant |
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| 36 | 36 | | designated as acceptable for use pursuant to 42 USC 7671k, provided that any |
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| 37 | 37 | | equipment containing the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance with |
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| 38 | 38 | | safety standards and use conditions imposed pursuant to the designation of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | refrigerant as acceptable for use. |
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