Georgia House Bill 1338

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-22 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

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.

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

Rep. John Corbett [R]	Rep. Steven Meeks [R]	Rep. Charles Cannon [R]	Rep. Rick Townsend [R]
Rep. Lynn Smith [R]	Rep. Steven Sainz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-22	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2024-02-21	House	House Second Readers
2024-02-20	House	House First Readers
2024-02-20	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/67220
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/224665
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/225185