Hawaii House Bill 2687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-25 - (H) Referred to EEP, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 8
Pending: House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the Community Response Account into which shall be deposited one-half of the fines and penalties collected under sections 342H-9 and 342-10 from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund. Specifies that where a county individually, or the State and a county jointly, initiates and conducts an investigation resulting in the imposition and collection of a fine or penalty, pursuant to section 342H-30(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the fine or penalty shall be distributed as follows: (1) one-third to the county department where the investigation was initiated and conducted; (2) one-third into the Environmental Response Revolving Fund; and (3) one-third into the Community Response Account. Effective July 1, 2012.

Environmental Response Revolving Fund; Community Response Account

Rep. Jessica Wooley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-25		(H) Referred to EEP, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 8
2012-01-25		(H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2012-01-24		(H) Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2687
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2687_.HTM