IN SB0127 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2010 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
Pending: House Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2010 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
Pending: House Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
With respect to an action against a person who owned or operated an underground storage tank (UST) at the time a release occurred for recovery of costs paid to the state for corrective action or for contribution for costs directly incurred for corrective action: (1) permits recovery or contribution only to the extent the costs are reasonable; (2) specifies that the action is not limited to claims brought under UST statutes; (3) indicates which types of costs incurred for corrective action are subject to contribution; (4) allows a court to award attorney's fees and court costs and past, present, and future corrective action costs; (5) prohibits an award for contribution toward corrective action costs and attorney's fees and court costs incurred after a responsible party agrees to remediate the release in accordance with rules and guidelines of the department of environmental management (IDEM); (6) provides that if the person who agrees in writing to remediate the release does not remediate the release in substantial compliance with rules and IDEM's guidelines, the person who provided the notice may recover reasonable attorney's fees to enforce the agreement; (7) requires a person to notify each reasonably known person allegedly responsible for the UST release before incurring significant corrective action costs and attorney's fees or initiating an action; (8) specifies that notice may be by certified mail, registered mail, United States mail, or personal service; and (9) limits the recovery of corrective action costs and attorney's fees if a responsible party agrees to remediate the release.
Title
Underground storage tank corrective action.
Sponsors
| Sen. Richard Bray [R] | Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R] | Sen. Beverly Gard [R] | Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D] |
| Sen. Karen Tallian [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-08 | First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs | |
| 2010-02-02 | Cosponsor: Rep. Wolkins | |
| 2010-02-02 | House sponsor: Rep. Pearson | |
| 2010-02-02 | Referred to the House | |
| 2010-02-02 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: Yeas 50 and Nays 0 | |
| 2010-02-01 | Second reading: ordered engrossed | |
| 2010-01-21 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
| 2010-01-11 | Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor | |
| 2010-01-11 | Senator Tallian added as third author | |
| 2010-01-11 | Senator Bray added as second author | |
| 2010-01-11 | Senator Randolph added as coauthor | |
| 2010-01-05 | First reading: referred to Committee on Energy and Environmental Affairs | |
| 2010-01-05 | Authored by Senator Gard |
