Environmental Policy Act of 2009 (Final Vote)

Quote from: Senator Realisticidealist on March 26, 2009, 06:30:43 PM

Section 1: The Atlasian government will prohibit the sale of incandescent lightbulbs effective January 1, 2010.

a) Any person or registered business may return incandescent lightbulbs to a government-approved recycling centre until 30 June 2010.

b) If an incandescent lightbulb returned under section 1a is sealed in its original packaging, the person or business returning the bulb shall be compensated $1. The recycling centre shall act as an agent on behalf of the Atlasian Government.

c) To qualify for compensation, the lightbulb must have been produced no later than the date on which this Bill is signed by the President of Atlasia and may have been purchased by the person or registered business no later than 30 June 2009 as determined using a First In First Out (FIFO) inventory recording system.

d) Any person found tampering with any lightbulb packaging or purchase records in order to receive compensation may be charged with fraud, at the discretion of the Office of the Attorney-General.

Section 2: The minimum standards outlined in Section 1 [of the Environmental Policy Act of 2007] will be reduced in all categories for 2009 by 3 mpg, for 2011 by 4 mpg, and the standards for 2014 will be eliminated entirely and discussed again when the need arises.

Section 3: The gas tax increase of $0.25 will only apply to gasoline. The taxation of other energy forms will not be changed.

Section 4: All revenue from said tax will be reused as a subsidy for alternative energy usage.

(a) 50% of funds shall be allocated as a subsidy for the purchase of alternative energy vehicles.
*(i) Alternative energy shall be defined as non-gasoline consuming such as, but not limited, to ethanol, solar, and fuel cell technologies.
*(ii) Any person who seeks to purchase an alternative energy vehicle shall have up to one half of the cost of the vehicle reimbursed upon completion of the transaction.

(b) 25% of funds shall be allocated for the conversion of gasoline engines to ethanol usage.
*(i) Any person who seeks to convert a gasoline-powered vehicle to an ethanol-powered vehicle shall have up to one half of the cost of the conversion reimbursed upon completion.

(c) 25% of funds shall be allocated for the research of alternative energy technologies in vehicles.
*(i) Any person who seeks to research alternative energy technologies for their usage in vehicles may receive a grant of up to $100,000. Any money not used for alternative energy research will be recollected.

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