Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1038 - Monroe County; landfill; restrictions

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1. Jenkins  110th


House Comm: LLeg       /                Senate Comm: SLGO       /               
House Vote: Yeas 144   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas 44  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              3/13/95  Read 1st Time         3/15/95                            
              3/14/95  Read 2nd Time                                            
              3/15/95  Favorably Reported    3/17/95                            
              3/15/95  Read 3rd Time                                            
              3/15/95  Passed/Adopted        3/17/95                            
              3/30/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              4/5/95   Signed by Governor                                       
              180      Act/Veto Number                                          
              4/5/95   Effective Date                                           
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HB 1038                                           LC 21 3443






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a board of
  1- 2  commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of
  1- 3  Monroe," approved August 19, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 318), as
  1- 4  amended, so as to provide certain restrictions on the
  1- 5  transfer of ownership or operation of a certain county
  1- 6  landfill; to provide certain restrictions on the acceptance
  1- 7  of waste generated out of the county; to repeal conflicting
  1- 8  laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  An Act entitled "An Act to create a board of commissioners
  1-11  of roads and revenues for the County of Monroe," approved
  1-12  August 19, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 318), as amended, is
  1-13  amended by inserting immediately following Section 7 a new
  1-14  section to read as follows:

                        "SECTION 7A.

  1-15    (a) Any other provision of law to the contrary
  1-16    notwithstanding, the governing authority of Monroe County
  1-17    shall not transfer ownership or operation of the
  1-18    Strickland Loop Landfill to any private party unless such
  1-19    action is ratified by a majority of the electors of Monroe
  1-20    County voting on the question.

  1-21    (b) Any other provision of law to the contrary
  1-22    notwithstanding, the governing authority of Monroe County
  1-23    shall not authorize the acceptance of any waste generated
  1-24    out of the county to be deposited into the Strickland Loop
  1-25    Landfill unless such action is ratified by a majority of
  1-26    the electors of Monroe County voting on the question."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-27  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-28  repealed.




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