Senate Bill 320, February 2, 2004

М3 SENATE BILL 320 41rl 001 CF 41rl002 By: The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Colburn, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stoltzfus Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2004 Rules suspended Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs A BILL ENTITLED 1 AN ACT concerning 2 Water Pollution - The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Fund 3 FOR the purpose of establishing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Fund in 4 the Department of the Environment; authorizing the Maryland Water Quality 5 Financing Administration of the Department to award certain grants from the 6 Fund; providing for the money in the Fund to be used for grants and loans to 7 upgrade the nutrient removal technology at certain wastewater facilities to 8 achieve enhanced nutrient removal; establishing an environmental surcharge to 9 be paid by users of wastewater facilities; providing for the management of the 10 Fund; establishing a certain advisory committee; requiring certain reports by 11 certain dates; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; 12 authorizing the Department to adopt certain regulations relating to a certain 13 surcharge; providing for the payment of certain bond revenue to the Fund; 14 defining certain terms; providing for the staggering of the terms of certain 15 members of the Advisory Committee; and generally relating to the 16 establishment and management of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration 17 Fund. 18 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 19 Article - Environment 20 Section 9-1601, 9-1604, 9-1611, 9-1616, and 9-1617 21 Annotated Code of Maryland 22 (1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement) 23 BY adding to 24 Article — Environment 25 Section 9-1605.2 26 Annotated Code of Maryland 27 (1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement) 28 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 29 MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.