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Montana Tax Incentives for CCS

2018
Enacted Legislation
Montana Code Ann. § §15-24-3111 provides that carbon sequestration equipment, clean coal R&D equipment, and coal gasification facilities for which carbon dioxide is sequestered may qualify for an abatement of property tax liability.

HB 2182 – Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force

2018
Enacted Legislation
State of Hawaii
This bill establishes the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force to identify land use practices that would promote increased greenhouse gas sequestration and develop incentives and funding mechanisms for these practices.

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 154.31-020

2018
Enacted Legislation
State of Kentucky
Makes CO2 transmission pipeline companies eligible for sales and use tax incentives under the Kentucky Investment Act.

HB 1578 – Carbon Farming Task Force

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Hawaii
This bill creates a carbon farming task force to identify agricultural or aquacultural activities and best practices that provide carbon sequestration benefits that may be used to establish a carbon farming certification.

S.43 – Regenerative Soils Program

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to establish a regenerative soils program whose purposes include increasing the carbon sequestration capability of Vermont soils and promoting cost-effective and healthy soil management practices.

Bill H.3713 – An Act to Promote Healthy Soils

2017
Proposed Legislation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
This bill establishes a fund for education and training for those engaged in agriculture that regenerates soil health.

House Bill 1063 – Maryland’s Healthy Soils Program

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Maryland
This bill directs the Maryland Department of Agriculture to develop a program to improve health, yield, and profitability of soils, increase carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, and promote further adoption of healthy soil practices.

H. 6011 – The Geoengineering Act of 2017

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Rhode Island
This bill would provide that a person seeking to engage in geoengineering activities would require a license from the director of the Department of Environmental Management.

H. 6011 Substitute A – House Resolution on Geoengineering Study

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Rhode Island
This bill creates a 5 Member Commission to study and provide recommendations to the state on the regulation and licensure of geoengineering, which includes ocean iron fertilization.

Mich. Comp. L. Ann. § 460.1047

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Michigan
Allows power plants to recover costs of constructing and maintaining “advanced cleaner energy systems,” which include, in coal-fired plants, carbon capture and geologic sequestration of 85% or more CO2 emissions.

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