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Noncontroversial DEQ cleanup bill passes committee
Summary
Senate Bill 240, a housekeeping measure to codify exemptions for certain public facilities from a nonmunicipal sewer trust‑fund requirement, passed the committee by voice vote without opposition.
Senator Wallace presented Senate Bill 240 as a cleanup bill to codify language exempting specified public facilities, boards and water authorities from paying into the non‑municipal domestic sewer treatment work trust fund. Wallace said the measure simply transfers special language into the Arkansas Code and noted there was no opposition.
With no questions or public testimony, the committee voice‑voted to pass the bill.
Next steps: SB 240 will move forward in the legislative process as a noncontroversial cleanup item.
