Senate Bill No. 507
(By Senators Caruth, McCabe, Kessler and Snyder)
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[Introduced March 9,2009; referred to the Committee on Government
Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5C-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to powers and duties of the West
Virginia Clean Coal Technology Council; requiring a study of
carbon capture and control; and quarterly reports to the Joint
Committee on Government and Finance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5C-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY ACT.
§5C-2-5. Powers, duties, information and reports of council.
(a) The council shall:
(1) Coordinate the activities of the designated agency with
regard to the specific clean coal technology charges of this
council with appropriate private, public, state or federal
agencies/organizations;
(2) Provide direction to the designated agency to study,
develop and promulgate requests for proposals for pilot projects in
West Virginia that will assist the council in evaluating
technologies, assessing economics, evaluating the environmental
benefits, seeking funds, evaluating the useful life of pilot
projects and determining the importance of clean coal technologies
to energy policy in West Virginia. Requests for proposals shall
include an assessment of the potential for the use of financial and
other incentives for potential respondents;
(3) Provide oversight to the designated agency in seeking
public and private funding to support the activities of the council
and the financing of pilot projects;
(4) Determine a reasonable projected duration for the pilot
projects;
(5) Encourage and facilitate the development of alternative
coal uses and related coal technologies;
(6) File with the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates
and President of the Senate before the date that the next regular
legislative session convenes a report of the council's activities
during the two proceeding years and any recommendations for
legislation considered necessary with regard to the pilot projects;
and
(7) Publish the report required by subdivision (6) of this
subsection;
and
(8) Study carbon capture and control technology and report the
results of the study quarterly to the Joint Committee on Government
and Finance.
(b) The designated state agency having the responsibility for
administering the clean coal technology council shall maintain a
public file relating to the council.
(c) The designated agency having responsibility for
administering the clean coal technology council shall make
available to the public a copy of any council report that is
provided to the Legislature.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the West
Virginia Clean Coal Technology Council to study carbon capture and
control and to make quarterly reports to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance on the results.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)