West Virginia House Bill 2496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - To House Political Subdivisions
Pending: House Political Subdivisions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to shift funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund, which was set up in 1991 to properly close old landfills across the state, to local solid waste authorities. According to the 2017 West Virginia Solid Waste Management Plan, 28 of the 35 old landfills have been properly remediated by the fund. Given the progress made towards closure of the old landfills, the portion of the solid waste fee assessed on landfill deposits, which is currently sent to the fund, is being reduced in order to accommodate an in-kind increase in the portion of the solid waste fee charged by county or regional solid waste authorities to fund various recycling, litter control, and other locally important solid waste programs. Additionally, this bill would allow for a reduction in the use of county commission/county tax dollars currently used to support various recycling, litter control, and other locally important solid waste programs.

Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities

Del. Larry Kump [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	House	To House Political Subdivisions
2020-01-08	House	Introduced in House
2020-01-08	House	To Political Subdivisions then Finance
2020-01-08	House	Filed for introduction

HB2496 (Carry Over) 2019-01-17 - To House Political Subdivisions

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	16	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
7	5	22	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2496&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2496%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2496