SPONSOR:

Sen. Hansen

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 305

AMEND Senate Bill No. 305 by deleting lines 168 through 172 in their entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

(1) When State agencies are promulgating or amending regulations within their statutory authority, each agency shall, where applicable, incorporate the State’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, Climate Action Plan, sea level rise scenarios, temperature scenarios, and precipitation scenarios.

(2)  This subsection does not independently empower State agencies to promulgate or amend regulations beyond their statutory authority.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment to Senate Bill No. 305 clarifies that the legislation does not authorize State agencies to promulgate regulations beyond their statutory authority. Senate Bill No. 305 is intended to require State agencies to consider the State’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, the State Climate Action Plan, sea level rise scenarios, temperature scenarios, and precipitation scenarios, when promulgating regulations otherwise within their express statutory authority.

Author: Senator Hansen