HB254 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rhett MarquesRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Drycleaning and Environmental Response Trust Fund Act, all owners, operators, and wholesale distributors required to participate in program, former owner or operator may pay annual fee to participate, Secs. 22-30D-3 to 22-30D-7, inclusive, 22-30D-9 to 22-30D-12, inclusive, am'd.

Summary

HB254 would require all active and former drycleaning-related entities to participate in Alabama's Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund and would allow former owners to join by paying an annual fee.

What This Bill Does

It creates and funds the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund to pay for investigation, assessment, and remediation of contamination from drycleaning operations. It requires active drycleaning facility owners, operators, and wholesale distributors to elect coverage and register their facilities, paying annual fees. It also allows a former owner or operator to join by paying an annual fee, and sets deductibles, caps, and administration rules for fund use and payments.

Who It Affects

• Active drycleaning facility owners/operators: must elect coverage, register facilities, and pay annual registration fees; eligible to receive fund payments for eligible investigations, assessments, and remediations.
• Wholesale distributors: must elect coverage, register, and pay annual registration fees; eligible to receive fund payments for eligible investigations, assessments, and remediations.
• Adjacent landowners and impacted third parties: may receive fund payments for contamination on their property; must register the site to access funds; do not uniformly pay registration fees.
• Former owners or operators: can become covered by the fund by paying an annual fee.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Expands who must participate and creates the fund to cover costs of investigation, assessment, and remediation of drycleaning contamination (including active facilities, abandoned facilities, and related properties).
• Provision 2: Establishes the fee and registration framework (including 2% of gross receipts up to $25,000 for owners/operators, $5,000 per year for wholesale distributors, and various transitional and site-specific fees), deductibles for site costs, and rules governing fund administration, payments, and eligibility.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund