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MN HF4180

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2020

Primary Sponsor

Rick Hansen

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Prohibits using perchloroethylene as a dry cleaning solvent effective January 1, 2022
  • Appropriates $400,000 in fiscal year 2021 from the environmental fund for a cost-share program reimbursing dry cleaners up to 75 percent of transition expenses to alternative solvents
  • Transfers up to $44,000,000 from the environmental fund to the remediation fund under existing law
  • Transfers $600,000 the first year from the remediation fund to the dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account, with $600,000 the second year conditional on 2020 legislation addressing account insolvency
  • Requires the Pollution Control Agency commissioner to prepare a report by January 15, 2021, assessing the possibility of recovering environmental response costs from insurance held by dry cleaning facilities

Legislative Description

Perchloroethylene use prohibited as dry cleaning solvent, prior appropriations modified, and money appropriated.

Last Action

Second reading

5/5/2020

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means4/14/2020
Environment and Natural Resources Policy Finance3/5/2020

Full Bill Text

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