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MO SB1035

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/8/2016

Primary Sponsor

Gary Romine

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a four-member Land Reclamation Legal Settlement Commission composed of chairs and vice chair from the Southeast Missouri, Ozark Foothills, and Meramec Regional Planning Commissions

  • Commission must develop and submit a restoration plan by February 2, 2017 to the House Select Committee on Budget chair and Senate Appropriations Committee chair

  • Addresses areas affected by lead mining in southeast Missouri related to the 2008 legal settlement between ASARCO, L.L.C., the United States, Missouri, and the Doe Run Company

  • Establishes the Land Reclamation Legal Settlement Fund in the state treasury, funded by Department of Natural Resources land sales in specified counties

  • Fund moneys are dedicated solely to primary restoration projects and do not revert to general revenue at the end of the biennium; interest earned remains in the fund

Legislative Description

Creates the Land Reclamation Legal Settlement Commission and Fund to implement primary restoration projects in southeast Missouri

Last Action

Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

3/2/2016

Committee Referrals

Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight2/22/2016

Full Bill Text

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