90th General Assembly Summary of HB2940    [ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Legislation ]

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House Sponsors:
REITZ-BOST-WOOLARD-JONES,JOHN-PHELPS, TENHOUSE AND BERGMAN.

Short description: 
CLIMATE CHANGE-KYOTO PROTOCOL                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Kyoto  Protocol  Act  of  1998.   Provides  that  the      
   Environmental  Protection Agency and the Pollution Control Board shall      
   not propose or adopt any new rule  intended  to  reduce  emissions  of      
   greenhouse  gases.   Provides  that  in  the  absence of an Act of the      
   General Assembly, the Director of the Environmental Protection  Agency      
   shall  not  submit  any legally enforceable commitments related to the      
   reduction of greenhouse gases to  the  U.S.  Environmental  Protection      
   Agency  or  to  any  other agency of the federal government.  Provides      
   that the Act shall not limit or impede State or private  participation      
   in   any   on-going  voluntary  initiatives  to  reduce  emissions  of      
   greenhouse gases.  Provides that the Act shall become inoperative upon      
   ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.  Effective immediately.                 
          FISCAL NOTE (Environmental Protection Agency)                        
          No fiscal impact on EPA.                                             
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE                                           
          HB 2940 fails to create a State mandate.                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that EPA and the Pollution Control Board shall                
   not propose or adopt any  new  rule  for  the  purpose  of  addressing      
   adverse effects of climate change which reduce emissions of greenhouse      
   gases.  Provides  that  certain  provisions concerning restrictions on      
   State rules related to greenhouse gas emissions shall not be construed      
   to  limit  or  impede  State  or  private  participation  in  on-going      
   voluntary initiatives to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases only  if      
   that   participation   does   not   involve  an  allocation  or  other      
   distribution of greenhouse gas emission entitlements pursuant  to  the      
   Kyoto  Protocol.  Provides  that the Act shall become inoperative upon      
   Congress authorizing reduction of emissions  of  gases  for  the  same      
   purpose.                                                                    
          FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Environmental Protection Agency)               
          No change from previous fiscal note.                                 
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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