South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 218

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McElveen and Shealy
Document Path: l:\s-res\jtm\006coal.sp.jtm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Coal combustion residuals

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 221)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 221)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 27, TITLE 58 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, BY ADDING SECTION 58-27-260, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SHALL CHARGE A SURCHARGE OF THIRTY DOLLARS PER TON ON ANY COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS TRANSFERRED TO A LANDFILL IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF FEWER THAN NINETEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION, RETENTION, AND EXPENDITURE OF THIS SURCHARGE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 27, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 58-27-260.    The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall charge a surcharge of thirty dollars per ton on any coal combustion residuals transferred by any entity to an in-state landfill in a county with a population of fewer than nineteen thousand five hundred. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall collect, retain, and expend the funds on water quality improvement and land and waste management initiatives in the county in which the coal combustion residuals are transferred."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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