GA HB1338 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-22 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," so as to provide for a three-year moratorium on the acceptance of applications for new permits by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources for surface mining utilizing dragline mining for heavy mineral sands; to prohibit tolling; to provide for administrative and judicial review and affirmation by operation of law; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968; three-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new permits; provisions

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-22HouseHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2024-02-21HouseHouse Second Readers
2024-02-20HouseHouse First Readers
2024-02-20HouseHouse Hopper

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