Became law as Public Act 04-151, signed May 24, 2004, 89 days after it was filed.
2004 Regular Session
House Bill 5528
AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATUTES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To repeal duplicative statutory authority for the registration and permitting of sources of air pollution; to clarify the land record filing requirements for final orders and a certification of compliance or revocation issued pursuant to the air pollution control provisions and to exempt Trading Orders and Agreements from such land record filing requirements; to authorize a single permit for the construction and operation of a stationary source so as to avoid confusion with the operating permit program required by Title V of the 1990 federal Clean Air Act Amendments; to disinvest the Department of Environmental Protection from the noise pollution control program; to remove the requirement for a hearing following the rejection of a water diversion permit application for insufficiency and to replace dual public notice requirements under the water diversion provision with a single public notice requirement; to clarify that an applicant to a state agency, water pollution control authority, municipal building official or municipal or district director of health for a permit for certain water discharges may not receive a hearing or appeal the decision unless such agency, authority, official or director has been delegated authority to issue such permit by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; to allow municipalities to pay the state by means other than certified check when making payments for nitrogen credits; to redefine the duties of the Council on Soil and Water Conservation, to change the membership of such council and to add new at-large, nonvoting members to the council; and to require the current working group that is studying the regulation of certain mercury-added products to study the uses and the regulation of lamps that contain more than one hundred milligrams of mercury.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 25 to May 24, 2004, 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 action27 actions on 16 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Apr 2156 days
Environment CommitteeFeb 25 to Mar 1519 days
Joint Committee on Legislative ManagementApr 7 to Apr 136 days
In the SenateApr 21 to May 312 days
Waiting to be sentMay 3 to May 118 days
With the GovernorMay 11 to May 2413 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 21 · Adopted May 3
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 21 · Adopted May 3
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 21 · Adopted May 3
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
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 25 – Apr 21
- Feb 25Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
- Feb 26Heard in Environment Committee
- Mar 15Environment Committee recommended a substitute for it
- Apr 7Sent to Joint Committee on Legislative Management
- Apr 13Joint Committee on Legislative Management recommended it
- Apr 21The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment B
- The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment C
- Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendments A, B and C
In the Senate Apr 23 – May 3
- Apr 23Arrived in the Senate
- May 3The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendments A, B and C
- Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendments A, B and C
To the Governor May 10 – May 24
- May 10Numbered Public Act 04-151
- May 11Sent to the Secretary of the State
- May 24Signed by the Governor
All 27 actions, as published
- Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 15Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Mar 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Mar 30FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 7REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
- Apr 13Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 14FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 15NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
- Apr 15TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 21HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Apr 21HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Apr 21HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Apr 21HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Apr 23FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 23FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 23SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- May 3SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- May 3SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- May 10PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
- May 11TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
- May 24SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor