Tennessee House Bill 2295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-15 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, adds limestone to the definition of "mineral" for purposes of applying the requirements of the Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972 to limestone; prohibits the issuance of a permit to conduct surface mining on land that is located within 2,000 feet of a property line of a park or community education center, 500 feet of any other property line, 1,200 feet of a residential structure, or one mile of a dam. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 59; Title 69, Chapter 11 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

As introduced, adds limestone to the definition of "mineral" for purposes of applying the requirements of the Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972 to limestone; prohibits the issuance of a permit to conduct surface mining on land that is located within 2,000 feet of a property line of a park or community education center, 500 feet of any other property line, 1,200 feet of a residential structure, or one mile of a dam. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 59; Title 69, Chapter 11 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

Rep. Bill Beck [D]

Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]

Rep. David Shepard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-15	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
2016-03-09	House	Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2016
2016-02-01	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2016-01-27	House	Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
2016-01-27	House	P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
2016-01-25	House	P1C.
2016-01-21	House	Intro.
2016-01-21	House	Filed for intro.

SB2354 (Crossfiled) 2016-03-14 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2295&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/HB2295.pdf