West Virginia House Bill 4480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-07 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to help stabilize funding sources for the WVDEP DAQ. Air quality in West Virginia has improved drastically over the years and is a reason to celebrate. The financial reality from decreased industrial air emissions however, results in a decrease in DAQ’s revenues. Since the Clean Air Act was amended in 1990, industrial air emissions in WV have decreased approximately 80%. Fees for large industrial sources are based on their emissions rates; therefore, revenues have also been decreasing. Currently, the DAQ funds are not invested. This proposal would establish authority for WVDEP to invest DAQ funds.

Granting to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality the authority to invest the money held in certain funds

Del. William Anderson [R]	Del. John Kelly [R]	Del. Dianna Graves [R]	Del. Johnnie Wamsley [R]
Del. Evan Hansen [D]	Del. Kayla Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-07	House	To House Finance
2022-02-07	House	With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
2022-02-01	House	To House Energy and Manufacturing
2022-02-01	House	Introduced in House
2022-02-01	House	To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
2022-02-01	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	5	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
22	5	4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4480&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4480%20intr.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4480
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4480%20H%20ENG%20AMT.htm
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4480%20H%20ENG%20AM%20_1.htm
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=829838824