Archives: Energy, Environment and Agriculture / Model Policies

Archives: Energy, Environment and Agriculture / Model Policies (page 6)

  • Interstate Research Commission on Climatic Change Act image

    Interstate Research Commission on Climatic Change Act

    Summary  ALEC’s model Interstate Research Commission Act on Climatic Change is designed to address scientific and economic aspects of the issue of climatic change through the development…

  • Energy Efficiency and Savings Act image

    Energy Efficiency and Savings Act

    This act shall be known as the Energy Efficiency and Savings Act of ____. An act relating to exemptions from state and local sales and use tax, so as to…

  • Intrastate Coal and Use Act image

    Intrastate Coal and Use Act

    Summary The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Coal and Use Act. The bill establishes that the environmental regulation of coal…

  • Public Lands Policy Coordination Act image

    Public Lands Policy Coordination Act

    Summary This bill creates a state Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office and the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Council for the purpose of creating a cohesive public lands…

  • Resolution on Alternative Fuels image

    Resolution on Alternative Fuels

    Summary ALEC’s model resolution on alternative fuels opposes the use of command and control type mechanisms to encourage alternative fuel use. Model Resolution WHEREAS, Approximately 180 million…

  • Environmental Literacy Improvement Act image

    Environmental Literacy Improvement Act

    Section 1. {Title} This act shall be known as the Environmental Literacy Improvement Act Section 2. {Purpose} The purpose of this act is to enhance and improve the…

  • Resolution on Mandatory Electricity Consumer Disclosure Information image

    Resolution on Mandatory Electricity Consumer Disclosure Information

    WHEREAS, many states are deregulating the generation of electricity and encouraging the formation of a competitive electricity marketplace; WHEREAS, market forces can do a better job than…

  • Property Owners Disclosure Act image

    Property Owners Disclosure Act

    Summary This legislation requires that certain scientific data collected on private property by state environmental officials may not be compiled in a way that identifies the property owner’s land unless…

  • Wetlands Mapping and Protection Act image

    Wetlands Mapping and Protection Act

    Summary  ALEC’s model Wetlands Mapping and Protection Act is designed to permit a state to define the procedures, guidelines, and administration of a wetlands program for the…

  • Power Plant Siting Act image

    Power Plant Siting Act

    Summary This Act creates a single Board that functions as the permitting authority for all governmental approvals necessary to site a Power Plant in the state. Model Policy Section 1.

  • ALEC Electricity Transmission Principles image

    ALEC Electricity Transmission Principles

    Mission Energy production and transmission are critical components of our nation’s economic infrastructure. For economic growth to continue, the expansion and protection of our electricity transmission infrastructure system must be a priority…

  • Agriculture Bio-Security Act image

    Agriculture Bio-Security Act

    Agriculture Bio-Security Act  Purpose This Act provides civil liability and criminal sanctions against the intentional acts of damaging or destroying any field crop or food product that…

  • Resolution on Packaging and the Municipal Solid Waste Stream image

    Resolution on Packaging and the Municipal Solid Waste Stream

    Summary ALEC’s model Resolution on Packaging and the Municipal Solid Waste Stream calls for free-market incentives and solutions to be integrated in solid waste policies. Key components to the Resolution…

  • Resolution on Invasive Noxious Weeds image

    Resolution on Invasive Noxious Weeds

    Whereas, invasive species are organisms that are living in areas outside their native environment and whose introduction causes or threatens to cause economic, environmental, or medical harm.  Whereas, there are…

  • Biotechnology State Uniformity Resolution image

    Biotechnology State Uniformity Resolution

    Whereas, ALEC has stated its support for the responsible use of the beneficial qualities of agricultural biotechnology such as in improved crop production techniques, pharmaceuticals, anti-immune disease…

  • Recycled/Refined Oil Labeling Act image

    Recycled/Refined Oil Labeling Act

    Summary:  ALEC’s model recycled/refined Oil Labeling Act is designed to reduce the amount of used oil improperly disposed and increase the amount that is reused by establishing…

  • Groundwater Protection Act image

    Groundwater Protection Act

    Summary ALEC’s model Groundwater Protection Act is designed to futher document and ensure the safety of America’s drinking water through the prevention, minimization, or mitigation of the movement of…

  • Resolution on Renewable Energy Resources in a Competitive Electricity Marketplace image

    Resolution on Renewable Energy Resources in a Competitive Electricity Marketplace

    Resolution on Renewable Energy Resources in a Competitive Electricity Marketplace WHEREAS, new mandates for taxes, fees, and charges are being proposed by federal lawmakers to subsidize renewable energy…

  • Biotechnology Resolution image

    Biotechnology Resolution

    Biotechnology Resolution WHEREAS, biotechnology refers to any technique that uses living organisms or parts thereof to make or modify a product or plants, animals, or microorganisms for specific uses and…

  • Protecting Property Rights to Facilitate Species Conservation image

    Protecting Property Rights to Facilitate Species Conservation

    An act relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional habitat conservation plan or habitat conservation plan or to enter into a conservation agreement.