Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund
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SB 461 — Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House of Delegates
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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What changed in the latest version
41 added · 42 removedPlain-language change summary
In the updated version of SB 461, a section detailing the certification of laboratories has been clarified. Specifically, it now states that field tests and remote monitoring are not considered laboratories for fee assessments, but they must still meet quality assurance standards if they are located outside West Virginia. This change matters because it ensures that laboratories, even those from other states, must confirm their qualifications without creating confusion about what constitutes a lab, ultimately helping to maintain consistency in testing standards across state lines.
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST VIRGINIAvirginia LEGISLATURElegislature REGULARregular SESSIONsession IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 461 By Senators Phillips and Smith [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 21,the 2022;Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining;
referredreported on January 25, 2022] A BILL to amend and reenact §22-1-15 of the CommitteeCode onof Energy,West Industry,Virginia, and1931, Mining;as amended, relating to removing the statutory limit of $300,000 for the Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund.
and then to the Committee on Finance] A BILL to amend and reenact §22-1-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the statutory limit of $300,000 for the Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund.
(b) After the effective date of the rules promulgated pursuant to this section, waste and wastewater tests and analyses conducted in laboratories that are not certified for the parameters or toxicity being tested or analyses shall not be accepted by the division, except as otherwise provided, as being in compliance with the requirements, rulesrules, or orders of the division issued under authority of one or more of the covered statutory programs:
Provided, That any person whose data or test results are invalidated because that person had relied upon a laboratory which loses its certification, shall be granted thirty30 days after notice of the invalidated test results by the director during which data or test results may be repeated or reanalyzed by a certified laboratory for purposes of demonstrating compliance under the covered statutory programs.
(h) A special revenue fund designated the "environmental laboratory certification fund" shall be continued in the state State Treasury on July 1, 1994.
Water Pollution Control Act, article eleven11 of this chapter;
Hazardous Waste Management Act, article eighteen18 of this chapter;
Hazardous Waste Emergency Response Fund Act, article nineteen19 of this chapter;
Underground Storage Tank Act, article seventeen17 of this chapter;
the Solid Waste Management Act, article fifteen15 of this chapter;
or the Groundwater Protection Act, article twelve12 of this chapter.
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Action History
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To Finance
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Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
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To Energy, Industry, and Mining
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Introduced in Senate
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To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance
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Filed for introduction
Sponsors
- Phillips · Primary
- Randy E. Smith · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Phillips
Co-sponsors (1)
- Randy E. Smith Republican
Not signed on (150)
150 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 461?
- SB 461 is sponsored by Phillips and Randy E. Smith (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 461?
- This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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