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MO HB611
Bill
Status
2/22/2011
Primary Sponsor
Michael Corcoran
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AI Summary
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Repeals section 643.020 and enacts two new sections relating to light pollution and the "Night Sky Protection Act"
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Adds "light" to the definition of "air contaminant" under Missouri air quality law
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Establishes voluntary guidelines for designated military training areas to reduce nighttime sky luminance to specified percentages of natural levels: twice natural by 2025, 30% by 2025 (90% of areas), 20% by 2040 (90% of areas), and 10% by 2055 (90% of areas)
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Requires the Air Conservation Commission to determine natural nighttime sky luminance for each designated military training area and develop forecasts for one, five, and ten years ahead
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Directs the Commission to annually report night sky luminance measurements in microcandela per square meter to the Department of Natural Resources
Legislative Description
Establishes the Night Sky Protection Act to reduce the amount of light emitted into the night sky to near natural levels for designated military training areas
Last Action
Referred: Veterans (H)
3/10/2011