Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations, a fee on the extraction of certain sand, compensation for costs incurred because of sand mining, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Mine and mining Minority groups Municipality — Finance Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Public employee
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires a person who engages in the mining of frac sand (a type of sand
that can be used to prop open rock fissures and increase the flow of natural gas or
oil) to pay a fee of one dollar per ton of frac sand extracted.
The bill requires the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to use a portion
of the revenue generated from the fee imposed on frac sand mining to provide
compensation to cities, villages, towns, and counties for costs incurred due to the
impacts of frac sand mining, including costs of road repair and repairing damaged
wetlands.
The bill also authorizes ten full-time equivalent positions to DNR for
monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and provides funding
for those positions from the environmental fund.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 14, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hulsey and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senator Risser
- Mar 14, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining
- Mar 19, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1