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Arkansas committee backs bill to bar solid-waste board members with financial ties to landfill firms
Summary
The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to approve a bill that would bar future members of local solid-waste licensing boards from serving if they have a financial interest in firms that own, operate, represent or apply for solid-waste permits.
State Representative Robin Lundstrom, District 18, told the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that House Bill 1575 would bar people who have a financial interest in a firm, business or organization that owns, operates, represents or applies for a solid-waste licensing permit from serving on related boards in the future.
The bill, as presented by Representative Lundstrom, is aimed at preventing perceived or actual conflicts of interest on local solid-waste…
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