Bill No.:         SF0075                                               Drafter:     DKG

LSO No.:       14LSO-0296                                     Effective Date: Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0030

Chapter No.:                        CH0094

Prime Sponsor:       Senator Bebout

Catch Title:              Environmental protection agency actions-2.

Subject:                     Action by the state against federal rulemaking in excess of constitutional restraints.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This act provides legislative findings that:

o The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has expanded its rulemaking authority granted by the United States Congress;

o When rulemaking and other actions of the EPA rests on questionable congressional authority, the state is authorized to protect its interests and those of its citizens;

o The Legislature declares it is the state’s policy to vigorously defend its interest and those of its citizens against federal rulemaking and other EPA actions which rest upon questionable authority.

· The act authorizes the attorney general, with the approval of the governor, to take action before the EPA or in any court if he believes rulemaking or other action exceeds delegated authority or otherwise rests on questionable authority.

· Authorizes expenditure of funds from the federal natural resource policy account, as the governor determines necessary or advisable to protect the state’s interests from actions taken by the EPA.