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Senate rejects amendment to restrict hazardous/solid-waste fee revenues after protracted debate
Summary
Senate considered a substitute to SB25 that would restore an environmental management fund and limit fee revenue to mitigation and clean-up uses; after extended debate the restrictive amendment failed on roll call (8–18), and subsequent technical insertions were made before votes on other housekeeping items.
Substitute Senate Bill 25, covering hazardous and solid-waste amendments, prompted a long floor debate over whether fee revenue should be placed into restricted or expendable trust accounts dedicated to environmental mitigation and cleanup.
Senator Steven Reese proposed restoring language removed by a prior amendment and adding provisions that funds "can only be used for environmental mitigation and cleanup," that the Legislature would prioritize projects through the regular appropriation process, and that…
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