GA HB557 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-23 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-23 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to revise limitations on permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; to prohibit permitting of new landfills within 50 miles of existing landfills; to require demonstration of need for new landfills to the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for buffer areas around landfills; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Conservation and natural resources; permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; revise limitations
Sponsors
Rep. Tyler Smith [R] | Rep. Dale Washburn [R] | Rep. David Jenkins [R] | Rep. Danny Mathis [R] |
Rep. Gerald Greene [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-02-23 | House | House Second Readers |
2021-02-22 | House | House First Readers |
2021-02-18 | House | House Hopper |
Georgia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59886 |
Text | https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/198196 |