Georgia House Bill 675 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on March 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-28 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public utilities, so as to provide that in the event of litigation against a gas company or electric utility to enjoin, prevent, stop, or delay the construction by such gas company or electric utility of a facility to be used by the gas company or public utility for the provision of gas or electrical service to customers in this state, the losing party shall be required to pay attorney's fees and costs of litigation to the winning party; to provide for exceptions; to provide for certain notices; to provide for sanctions for failure to provide such notices; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Public utilities; in event of litigation against a utility to prevent construction of a facility used to service customers in this state, the losing party shall be required to pay attorney's fees and costs of litigation to winning party; provide

Rep. Harry Geisinger [R]	Rep. Don Parsons [R]	Rep. John Carson [R]	Rep. Tom Taylor [R]
Rep. Earl Ehrhart [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-28	House	House Second Readers
2013-03-26	House	House First Readers
2013-03-25	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/40202
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20132014/135774