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MO HB835

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2015

Primary Sponsor

Robert Ross

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to prepare a regulatory impact report for any state implementation plan submitted to the U.S. EPA

  • Report must be submitted to the governor, senate president pro tempore, and house speaker one calendar month before EPA submission, and posted on the department website

  • Regulatory impact report must assess economic impacts on businesses and citizens, disproportionate effects on lower-income populations, anticipated job losses, technology costs, and whether reduction goals are achievable within timeframes

  • Report must include flexible compliance options such as emissions averaging, plus a cost-benefit analysis of effects on the state economy, affected industries, and consumers

  • No state implementation plan may be submitted to the EPA without approval by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly

Legislative Description

Requires the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a regulatory impact report when submitting a state implementation plan to the Environmental Protection Agency

Last Action

Referred: Select Committee on Agriculture(H)

4/14/2015

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on Agriculture4/14/2015
Conservation and Natural Resources4/2/2015

Full Bill Text

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