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Relating to safe transportation of oil; prescribing an effective date.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

OR HB 2858 · House Bill · 2019 Regular Session

Stage
Session ended
Started in
House
Latest action
Jul 1, 2019

What it does

Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules applying certain oil spill prevention and emergency response planning requirements to high hazard train routes in this state. \tDefines "high hazard train route" and "listed sensitive area" for purposes of contingency plans. \tRequires railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes to annually submit financial responsibility statements to Department of Environmental Quality. \tRequires department to levy and collect annual assessment equal to $___ per year. Requires railroads that own and operate high hazard train routes to pay share of annual assessment proportionate to high hazard train route track miles operated by…

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This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Jul 1, 2019

  3. Floor (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

  4. Law (Not started)

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