Jim Whelan voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Vote to pass a bill that requires producers of electricity to purchase rights to produce greenhouse gases.
- Penalizes violators of this act up to $500,000 per violation [sec. 5 (e)]. - Establishes the "Global Warming Solutions Fund" which receives funding through a greenhouse gas emissions trading program. The funds will be disbursed as follows (Secs. 6-7):
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Vote to pass a bill that requires producers of electricity to purchase rights to produce greenhouse gases.
- Penalizes violators of this act up to $500,000 per violation [sec. 5 (e)]. - Establishes the "Global Warming Solutions Fund" which receives funding through a greenhouse gas emissions trading program. The funds will be disbursed as follows (Secs. 6-7):
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.