Georgia House Bill 370

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-08 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to quia timet, so as to provide a procedure for clearing title to coastal marshlands; to provide for legislative findings, purpose, and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for in rem proceedings; to provide for presentation of abstracts to the State Properties Commission; to provide for service of process and filing of pleadings; to provide for special masters and trial by jury; to provide for restriction of properties for conservation purposes; to provide for rebuttable presumptions; to provide for decrees and recording of same; to provide for joinder; to provide for compensation of the special master; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Equity; procedure for clearing title to coastal marshlands; provide

Rep. Matt Reeves [R]	Rep. Buddy DeLoach [R]	Rep. Steven Sainz [R]	Rep. Ron Stephens [R]
Rep. Al Williams [D]	Rep. Jesse Petrea [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2024-01-31	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2023-03-29	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2023-03-06	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2023-02-15	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-14	House	House First Readers
2023-02-13	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64281
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/214371
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/216942
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/222512