Mississippi Senate Bill 2780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 17-17-227, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Solid Waste Management Plan Shall Include Any Proposed New Nonhazardous Solid Waste Sanitary Landfill If The New Landfill Is Located Within A County Having Two Or More Existing Permitted Nonhazardous Solid Waste Sanitary Landfills, Unless A Referendum Election Has Been Conducted And Approved; To Amend Section 17-17-229, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Facility Permit, Grant Or Loan May Not Be Issued By Any Agency Of The State For Any New Nonhazardous Solid Waste Sanitary Landfill If The New Landfill Is Located Within A County Having Two Or More Existing Permitted Nonhazardous Solid Waste Sanitary Landfills, Unless A Referendum Has Been Conducted And Approved; To Create New Section 17-17-237, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Referendum Process; And For Related Purposes.

Solid waste; prohibit new solid waste landfill if two existing landfills in the county.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	17	227	Amended Code	See Bill Text
17	17	229	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2780.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2780IN.htm