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Bill Number S 893 - Medical Affairs Committeee Amendment
Considered 29-MAR-2026
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Current Amendment: MED to Bill 893

The Committee on Medical Affairs proposes the following amendment (SR-893.KM0001S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 44-2-20(24)(d)(ii) and inserting:

 (ii) an intrastate pipeline facility regulated under state laws provided in 49 U.S.C. chapter 601 and which is determined by the United States Secretary of Transportation to be connected to pipeline, or to be operated or intended to be capable of operating at a pipeline pressure or as an integral part of a pipeline;

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 44-2-60(A) and inserting:

 (A) The owner or operator of an underground storage tank which stores or is intended to store a regulated substance shall register the tank with the department. The owner or operator of the tank shall display a registration certificate listing all registered tanks at a facility and in plain view in the office or the kiosk of the facility where the tanks are registered. Upon application for a registration certificate, the owner or operator shall pay to the department an initial registration fee of one hundred dollars a for each tank; however, the department may prorate the initial registration fees on a daily basis for underground storage tanks installed on or after July 1, 1997. The owner or operator shall pay to the department an annual renewal fee of one hundred dollars a tank a each year. Beginning JanuaryAugust July 1, 20122029, the annual renewal fee for each tank will be as follows:
  (1) 20122029:- two hundred dollars;
  (2) 20132034:-three two hundred fifty dollars; and
  (3) 20142039: -four three hundred dollars.; and
 (4) 2015-five hundred dollars.
 The additional revenue generated from the tank fee increases listed above must be deposited into the Superb Account. No portion of the increases may be used by the department for administration of the program or for orphan sites as defined in Section 44-2-20(11).
 When the Superb Account is credited with an additional thirty-six million dollars from the increase in tank fees, general appropriations, settlements, or other sources of funds including federal funds designated for cleanup, or declared insolvent, the tank registration fee shall revert to one hundred dollars annually for each tank beginning January first of the next year.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.