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SENATE BILL NO. 1584 – Petroleum products, transfer fee

SENATE BILL NO. 1584

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S1584......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - Amends existing law to provide for suspension of the
transfer fee imposed on petroleum products delivered or stored within the
state when the unencumbered Clean Water Trust fund balance equals
$25,000,000; and to provide for reinitiation of the transfer fee when the
unencumbered balance in the fund equals $15,000,000.
                                                                        
04/04    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
04/04    Rpt prt - to Transp
    Rpt out - to 2nd rdg
    Rules susp - PASSED - 32-3-0
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stegner, Thorne,
      Walton, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS--Schroeder, Stennett, Whitworth
      Absent and excused--None
    Floor Sponsor - Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
04/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 53-1-16
      AYES -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Campbell, Cheirrett, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
      Field(13), Field(20), Hadley, Hammond, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Linford, Mader, Marley,
      Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
      Shepherd, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Trail, Wood,
      Zimmermann
      NAYS -- McKague
      Absent and excused -- Alltus, Callister, Chase, Clark, Gagner,
      Geddes, Gould, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Lake, Loertscher(Loertscher),
      Moss, Smith, Tilman, Wheeler, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsors - Kempton, Deal
    Title apvd - to Senate
04/05    To enrol
04/06    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
04/07    To Governor
04/17    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 419
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 S1584
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1584
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO PETROLEUM  CLEAN  WATER  TRUST  FUND;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        41-4908, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR SUSPENSION OF THE TRANSFER FEE IMPOSED
  4        ON  PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DELIVERED OR STORED WITHIN THE STATE WHEN THE UNEN-
  5        CUMBERED BALANCE IN THE FUND EQUALS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION  DOLLARS  AND  FOR
  6        REINITIATION OF THE TRANSFER FEE WHEN THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE IN THE FUND
  7        EQUALS FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION  1.  That  Section 41-4908, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        41-4908.  SOURCE OF TRUST FUND --  APPLICATION  FEES  --  APPLICATION  FOR
 12    ENROLLMENT  --  TRANSFER  FEES.  (1) Every owner or operator of an underground
 13    storage tank may, if he desires to apply to  the  trust  fund  to  insure  the
 14    underground  tank, make application for and pay into the trust fund an initial
 15    application fee set by the administrator, but not to exceed  twenty-five  dol-
 16    lars ($25.00) for each tank for which application for coverage is made.
 17        (2)  Every  owner  or operator of an above ground aboveground storage tank
 18    may, if he desires to apply to the trust  fund  to  insure  the  above  ground
 19    aboveground  tank, make application for and pay into the trust fund an initial
 20    application fee set by the administrator, but not to exceed  twenty-five  dol-
 21    lars ($25.00) for each tank for which application for coverage is made.
 22        (3)  Every owner or operator of a farm tank or residential tank may, if he
 23    desires  to  apply  to the trust fund to insure the tank, make application for
 24    and pay into the trust fund an initial application fee set by the  administra-
 25    tor,  but  not  to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each tank for which
 26    application for coverage is made.
 27        (4)  Every owner or operator of a heating tank may, if he desires to apply
 28    to the trust fund to insure the tank, make application for and  pay  into  the
 29    trust  fund  an  initial  application fee set by the administrator, but not to
 30    exceed five dollars ($5.00) for each tank for which application  for  coverage
 31    is made.
 32        (5)  The  application  for insurance shall be made to the administrator on
 33    forms furnished and prescribed by him for the purpose of eliciting  reasonably
 34    available  information as to the type and use of the storage tank, the type of
 35    business enterprise of the tank owner or operator,  the  age  of  the  storage
 36    tank,  the  materials  used in the construction of the tank and the inside and
 37    outside protective coatings and  other  corrosion  protective  measures,  leak
 38    detection  methods,  spill  and  overfill  prevention methods of the tank, the
 39    location of the tank and its proximity to roads and buildings, the  foundation
 40    and  type  of  material used as a bedding and fill for the tank, any available
 41    inspection records of the tank including the  gallons  of  petroleum  products
 42    entered  into  the  tank and the gallon dispersements from the tank, and other
 43    information that is reasonably prudent in order to obtain a sufficient body of
                                                                        
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  1    statistical data to determine the relative hazards of  various  categories  of
  2    tanks, the potential that future leaks or discharges may occur, and the condi-
  3    tions  under which cleanup costs and personal injury and property damage costs
  4    may occur and vary in the severity of the release and the resultant  costs  to
  5    the trust fund.
  6        (6)  The  administrator  shall act upon the application for insurance with
  7    all reasonable promptness, and he shall make such investigations of the appli-
  8    cant as he deems advisable to determine if the information  contained  in  the
  9    application  for  insurance  is accurate and complete. The administrator shall
 10    determine if the applicant's storage tanks meet all the  eligibility  require-
 11    ments  and promptly notify the applicant of the acceptance or nonacceptance of
 12    the application for insurance. The absence of unknown data  requested  on  the
 13    application  shall  not preclude an applicant's acceptance for coverage by the
 14    trust fund, if the applicant is otherwise eligible for  insurance  under  this
 15    chapter.
 16        (7)  In addition to the application fees received by the trust fund pursu-
 17    ant  to this section, the trust fund shall receive the revenue produced by the
 18    imposition of  a "transfer fee" of one cent ($.01) per gallon on the delivery
 19    or storage of all petroleum products as defined in subsection (24) of  section
 20    41-4903,  Idaho  Code,  delivered  or  stored  within the state of Idaho. This
 21    transfer fee is  hereby  imposed  upon  the  first  licensed  distributor  who
 22    receives, as receipt is determined in section 63-2403, Idaho Code, a petroleum
 23    product  within  this  state  for the privilege of engaging in the delivery or
 24    storage of petroleum products whose delivery or storage may present the danger
 25    of a discharge into the environment and thus  create  the  liability  to    be
 26    funded.  The  fee imposed by this subsection shall not apply to: (a) petroleum
 27    or petroleum products which are first delivered or stored in this state  in  a
 28    container  of fifty-five (55) gallons or less if such container is intended to
 29    be transferred  to  the  ultimate  consumer  of  the  petroleum  or  petroleum
 30    products;  or  (b) petroleum or petroleum products delivered or stored in this
 31    state for the purpose of packaging or repackaging into  containers  of  fifty-
 32    five  (55)  gallons or less if such container is intended to be transferred to
 33    the ultimate consumer of the petroleum or petroleum products.
 34        (8)  The transfer fee shall be collected by the commission on  all  petro-
 35    leum  products delivered or stored within this state after April 1, 1990. This
 36    transfer fee shall be in addition to any excise tax imposed on motor  fuel  or
 37    other  petroleum  products  and  shall  be remitted to the commission with the
 38    distributor's monthly report as required in section 63-2406, Idaho  Code.  The
 39    distributor  may  deduct  from  his  monthly report those gallons of petroleum
 40    products returned to a licensed distributor's refinery  or  pipeline  terminal
 41    storage or exported from the state when supported by proper documents approved
 42    by the commission. For the purpose of carrying out its duties under the provi-
 43    sions  of  this  chapter, the commission shall have the powers and duties pro-
 44    vided in sections 63-3038, 63-3039, 63-3042 through 63-3066, 63-3068, 63-3071,
 45    and 63-3074 through 63-3078, Idaho Code, which sections  are  incorporated  by
 46    reference herein as though set out verbatim.
 47        (9)  No person shall be excused from liability for any duty or fee imposed
 48    in this chapter for failure to obtain a distributor's license.
 49        (10) The  director  shall  certify to the commission when the unencumbered
 50    balance  in  the  trust  fund  equals  thirty  twenty-five   million   dollars
 51    ($3025,000,000).    Effective  the first day of the second month following the
 52    date of such certification, the imposition of the transfer fee shall  be  sus-
 53    pended.  Thereafter,  the  director  shall  certify to the commission when the
 54    unencumbered balance in the trust fund equals twenty fifteen  million  dollars
 55    ($2015,000,000).  Effective  the  first  day of the second month following the
                                                                        
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  1    date of such certification, the  imposition  of  the  transfer  fee  shall  be
  2    reinitiated.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
     
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                      RS 10344 
     
     State law provides that when the unencumbered balance in the Idaho Petroleum
     Clean Water Trust Fund equals $30 million, the collection of the one-cent transfer
     fee per gallon of petroleum products shall be suspended. Thereafter, when the
     unencumbered balance in the trust fund declines to $20 million, the transfer fees
     shall be reinitiated.   In the fall of 1999, the Manager of the State Insurance Fund
     certified that the unencumbered balance had reached $30 million and the Tax
     Commission suspended the fee. This legislation changes the triggers downward
     by $5 million to $25 million and $15 million respectively. 
     
     
     
                     FISCAL NOTE 
     
     At the end of calendar year 1999, the unencumbered balance in the Petroleum
     Clean Water Trust Fund was $31.4 million. Assuming claims and underwriting
     expenses exceed investment income and registration fees an average of $2.5
     million each year, this legislation will delay reinstatement of the transfer fee by
     two years. However, a reduction of $5 million in the asset base would result in
     lower investment earnings so that once reinstated the transfer fees would stay in
     place longer before reaching the new $25 million suspension trigger. 
     
     
     
     Contact:  Senator Evan Frasure     2-1000 
     
     
                                             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                          S 1584