Bill Text: OR HB3203 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Department of Environmental Quality; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3203 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3203-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 3521

                         House Bill 3203

Sponsored by Representative BOONE; Representatives GILLIAM,
  KRIEGER

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study
efficiency issues related to implementation and enforcement of
state and federal environmental laws.
  Sunsets January 2, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Department of Environmental Quality; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Environmental Quality
shall undertake a study of efficiency issues related to its
implementation and enforcement of state and federal environmental
laws, including but not limited to:
  (a) Proposals to reduce duplication of efforts, redundancies
and inefficiencies;
  (b) Opportunities to streamline reporting requirements;
  (c) State programmatic elements where requirements are more
stringent than the requirements of federal law; and
  (d) Proposals to reduce fees charged by the department.
  (2) The department shall report the results of the study to the
interim committees on environment and natural resources on or
before November 1, 2011. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2013. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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