Bill Watch 11
Updated look at the 2011 legislation that the Hoosier Environmental Council is hard at work on.
| Topic | Bill Number | Subject | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | HB 1457 | PACE | amended in committee/on 3rd reading | Directs EQSC to study issue of PACE financing |
| SB 260 | PACE | amended in committee/on 3rd reading | Authorizes municipalities to establish clean energy financing districts with private funding | |
| SB 453 | Renewable Electricity Standard | not heard in committee | Requires electric utilities to produce 15% of their electric generation from renewable sources by 2020 | |
| SB251 | Energy Incentives | passed Senate 32-17 | Establishes voluntary "clean energy portfolio standard" for utilities to qualify for financial incentives including trackers; authorizes CWIP and higher rate of return for shareholders for nuclear power; allows trackers for federally mandated pollution control costs; defines clean energy resources to include waste to energy, coal bed methane, coal gasifcation, and nuclear energy | |
| Agriculture / CAFOs | HB 1568 | Financial Assurance for CAFOs | not heard in committee | Requires bonds or other financial assurance for CAFO operators |
| SB 556 | Financial Assurance for CAFOs | not heard in committee | Requires bonds or other financial assurance for CAFO operators | |
| Water | HB 1425 | Phosphorus free lawn fertilizer | not heard in committee | Restricts use of lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus |
| Transportation | HB 1372 | Transit funding | amended/passed committee/recommitted to Ways& Means/not heard | Authorizes use of local option taxes for transit; authorizes local transit funding referenda |
| HB 1354 | Complete Streets | not heard in committee | Requires INDOT to follow complete streets guidelines | |
| Conservation/ Transportation Funding | HB 1001 | Budget bill | on 2nd reading | cuts public transit by 18%; no general fund appropriation for Heritage Trust or Clean Water Indiana |
| Env. Agency Funding | HB 1001 | Budget bill | on 2nd reading | Agency budgets |
| Forest Protection | HB 1570 | Backcountry protection | not heard in committee | Prohibits logging in MMSF/YSF backcountry |
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