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2005 Legislative Session IGR Committee Bill Approval June 13, 2005 Entitles contractor on public contract or contractor's surety to recover from Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries reasonable attorney fees, expert witness fees, costs and disbursements and any other costs and expenses incurred by contractor and contractor's surety in investigating, responding to and resolving claim against contractor's payment bond if commissioner's actual recovery from contractor's payment bond, through settlement, civil action or otherwise, is less than SB 0707 2 Oppose 90 percent of amount of claim stated in notice of claim. 3/24 Defines isolated wetlands and marginal wetlands for purposes of regulation of removal and filling of material. Allows removal and filling of material in certain isolated and marginal wetlands and in wetlands of less than one acre in size to occur without permit. Allows city with population of 50,000 or fewer persons to develop approval or denial procedures for development permits, building permits or actions that affect SB 0710 2 Oppose marginal and isolated wetlands. Declares emergency, effective on passage. 3/09 Transfers functions relating to management of wetlands, removal of materials from beds or banks of waters of state and filling of waters of state from Department of SB 0711 2 Oppose State Lands to State Department of Agriculture. 3/09 Directs office of State Fire Marshal to adopt fire safety standards for cigarettes. Requires cigarette manufacturer to certify that manufacturer's cigarettes meet fire safety standards before cigarettes may be sold in state. Appropriates moneys to office of State Fire Marshal for establishing fire safety standards for cigarettes. SB 0738 2 Support Imposes civil penalties. Declares emergency, effective on passage. 3/17 { - Directs office of State Fire Marshal to adopt fire safety standards for cigarettes. Requires cigarette manufacturer to certify that manufacturer's cigarettes meet fire safety standards before cigarettes may be sold in state. - } { - Appropriates moneys to office of State Fire Marshal for establishing fire safety standards for cigarettes. - } { - Imposes civil penalties. - } { + Directs State Fire Marshal to test each variety of cigarette sold in state to determine if variety is fire-safe and to publish list of varieties determined to be fire-safe. Prohibits distribution or sale of cigarette within state unless cigarette is of variety listed as fire-safe. Allows State Fire Marshal to impose civil penalties for unlawful distribution or sale. Appropriates moneys recovered from ~mposition of civil penalties to Department of State Police for use by office of State Fire Marshal for fire safety, enforcement and fire prevention programs. + } Declares SB 0738A 2 Support emergency, effective on passage. 4/28 Page 38