SJR118 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Scott BeasonGreg J. ReedMark Slade Blackwell

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Clean Water Task Force, established

Summary

SJR118 creates the Alabama Clean Water Task Force to study water treatment infrastructure and recommend improvements and financing options.

What This Bill Does

It establishes a diverse task force to study Alabama's water treatment infrastructure and to make findings and suggestions related to public health, the environment, industrial and economic development, and financing methods for new or updated projects. Members are drawn from bankers, engineers, economic development professionals, water utility operators, state agencies, and other stakeholders, with appointments to be completed within 30 days and the first meeting within 45 days. The task force will elect a chair and vice chair, and members will not be paid; after delivering a written report to the Speaker and Lieutenant Governor, the task force will be dissolved.

Who It Affects

• Alabama residents and communities, who could benefit from improved water infrastructure, public health safeguards, and environmental protection based on the task force's findings and financing recommendations.
• Water utilities and related professionals (large and small facility operators, engineers, bankers, economic development officers) and relevant state agencies/associations, who will participate in the task force and may implement or be guided by its recommendations.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Alabama Clean Water Task Force to study current water treatment infrastructure and make findings and suggestions for improvements in public health, the environment, economic development, and financing methods for new or updated projects.
• Specifies the task force composition, including appointments by the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor of investment bankers, civil engineers, Senate and House members, economic development officers, operating officers of large and small water facilities, and citizens from the state, plus representatives from ADECA, the Department of Environmental Management, the Alabama Utility Contractors Association, the Alabama Rural Water Association, the Alabama Department of Public Health, and the Alabama Water and Wastewater Institute.
• Requires appointments within 30 days of passage and the first meeting within 45 days, with the task force electing a chair and vice chair at the first meeting.
• Provides that task force members receive no compensation for service.
• Gives the Lieutenant Governor the authority to appoint Senate staff to prepare and provide copies of the written report, and dissolves the task force after it completes its study and reports to the Speaker and Lieutenant Governor.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative