Georgia House Bill 1338 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 historic sites; to revise limitations on permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; 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.

Conservation and natural resources; permitting of landfills near historic sites; revise limitations

Rep. Tyler Smith [R]	Rep. David Jenkins [R]	Rep. Gerald Greene [R]	Rep. Stacey Evans [D]
Rep. Doreen Carter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	House Second Readers
2022-02-14	House	House First Readers
2022-02-11	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/62049
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/206350