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What's Cooking in the States (A definition of takings and audit privilege) Two of the more common - and virulent - types of anti- environmental bills cropping up in state legislatures are: Takings, or "bad neighbor," bills, which require that taxpayers compensate anyone whose profits may be affected by a law or rule proposed by a government agency; and Audit privilege, or "pollution secrecy," bills, which allow polluters not to publicly disclose breaches of environmental laws, and shield them from prosecution for violations turned up during internal audits. Up to Top