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2003 Regular Session

House Bill 6402

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROGRAMS.

Became law as Public Act 03-218, signed July 9, 2003, 154 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To amend the state's Clean Water Act by allowing distressed municipalities to accept federal grants without losing state grant money, to eliminate "CAPDET" holdbacks from water pollution control project grants and to raise the amount of grants from twenty to twenty five per cent of water pollution control costs to small communities; to allow the Department of Environmental Protection to use bond funds authorized for the Urban Sites program for the investigation and remediation of sites without necessarily first issuing orders to the parties responsible for the contamination; to make certain revisions to the Transfer Act; to allow the department to incorporate by reference the California Air Resources Board's requirements for heavy-duty diesel engines and low emission vehicle tailpipe standards; to codify the requirement that "sewage system additives" be registered with the department before they can be sold or used in the state, to codify the standards the department will use in approving such registrations, to delete the penalty limitations in subsection (f) of section 22a-461 to institute the penalties set forth in section 22a-438, and to establish regulatory authority to collect fees for processing such registrations; to clarify jurisdictional boundaries for BHC Company police officers and state conservation officers on the newly acquired Kelda properties; to require double wall construction and coaxial piping for new nonresidential underground storage tank systems.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Brian J. O'Connor

Its course

February 5 to July 9, 2003, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action35 actions on 18 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to May 22106 days

Environment CommitteeFeb 5 to Apr 458 days

Judiciary CommitteeApr 30 to May 66 days

In the SenateMay 22 to Jun 312 days

Waiting to be sentJun 3 to Jun 2320 days

With the GovernorJun 23 to Jul 916 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentWithdrawn

    Withdrawn May 22

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 22 · Adopted Jun 3

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – May 22

  1. Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
  2. Heard in Environment Committee
  3. Environment Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Sent to Judiciary Committee
  5. Judiciary Committee recommended it
  6. Sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
  7. Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended it
  8. House of Representatives Amendment A was withdrawn
  9. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment B
  10. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment B

In the Senate May 23 – Jun 3

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment B
  3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment B

To the Governor Jun 16 – Jul 9

  1. Numbered Public Act 03-218
  2. Sent to the Secretary of the State
  3. Signed by the Governor
All 35 actions, as published