HB 1338

  • Georgia House Bill
  • 2023-2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Feb 20, 2024
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968; three-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new permits; provisions

Abstract

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968," so as to provide for a three-year moratorium on the acceptance of applications for new permits by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources for surface mining utilizing dragline mining for heavy mineral sands; to prohibit tolling; to provide for administrative and judicial review and affirmation by operation of law; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Feb 22, 2024

House

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Natural Resources & Environment

Feb 21, 2024

House

House Second Readers

Feb 20, 2024

House

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House

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LC 44 2771S/hs PDF
LC 44 2735/a PDF

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