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Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF1955

HF 1955

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Power plant siting and routing, wind energy
conversion system, and pipeline authority transfer from the Environmental
Quality Board to the Public Utilities Commission provided.

Section 1: "Board
Commission" definition modified.
Sec. 2: Jurisdiction modified.
Sec. 3-4:
Conforming changes.
Sec. 5: Pollution control agency required to provide
technical experitse and other assistance.
Sec. 6: Environmental review
procedures modified.
Sec. 7: Emergency permit provisions modified.
Sec. 8:
Annual hearing provisions modified.
Sec. 9: Site application fee procedures
modified.
Sec. 10: Route application fee procedures modified.
Sec. 11:
Certificate and hearing application regulations modified.
Sec. 12-13:
Conforming changes.
Sec. 14: Transferring power plant siting responsibilities
regulations established.
Sec. 15: Reliability administrator responsibilities
transferred.
Sec. 16: Revisor's instruction.
Sec. 17: Effective
date.

AME
4-27-05