Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act; prohibit permitting of new municipal solid waste landfills if construction requires filling of any perennial stream
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 the "Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act," so as to prohibit the permitting of new municipal solid waste landfills if construction of any portion of such landfill site will require the filling of any perennial stream where the Tallapoosa darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae), a species protected pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 27, the "Endangered Wildlife Act of 1973," may be found; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
introduced
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Last action Mar 8, 2022
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5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Mathis
RRepublican
P
David Jenkins
RRepublican
P
Gerald Greene
RRepublican
P
Stacey Evans
DDemocratic
P
Tyler Smith
RRepublican
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