AR SB613

Authorizes the state to fund site assessments at abandoned industrial, commercial, agricultural, and residential sites upon written requests from quasi-government agencies, county governments, school districts, and planning and development districts, even if requesters do not hold title to the property.

Permits funding for site assessments at potentially contaminated sites where a letter of intent is signed and available federal funds are exhausted, exempting these assessments from certain regulatory provisions under §§ 8-7-504(a) and (b), 8-7-505, 8-7-508, 8-7-509(e) and (f), and 8-7-516.

Allocates up to 10% of moneys collected for the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund after July 1, 2017, for conducting site assessments of potentially contaminated sites, capped at $500,000 per fiscal year.

Expands the definition of "person" under the Remedial Action Trust Fund Act to include quasi-government agencies, county governments, school districts, and planning and development districts.

Bill was approved on April 6, 2017.