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HB 502 - Water well contractors; bond or letter of credit; amend provisions

Lane, Robert (146th)	Jamieson, Mary Jeanette (22nd)	Purcell, Ann R (147th)
Skipper, Jimmy (137th)	Channell, R. M. (Mickey) (111th)	Childers, E. (Buddy) M (13th)

Status Summary	HC:	NatR	SC:	B&FI	FR:	02/08/99	LA:	04/28/99	Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Code Section 12-5-135 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement of bond or letter of credit from a water well contractor or driller, so as to provide that the bond or irrevocable letter of credit required by law shall have state-wide application; and for other purposes.

HB 502                                              HB 502/AP 
 
      H. B. No. 502 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) 
      By:  Representatives Lane of the 146th, Jamieson of the 
      22nd, Purcell of the 147th, Skipper of the 137th, Channell 
      of the 111th and others 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 12-5-135 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement of bond or letter 
  1- 3  of credit from a water well contractor or driller, so as to 
  1- 4  provide that the bond or irrevocable letter of credit 
  1- 5  required by law shall have state-wide application; to 
  1- 6  provide that upon delivery of the prescribed bond or 
  1- 7  irrevocable letter of credit to the director of the 
  1- 8  Environmental Protection Division of the Department of 
  1- 9  Natural Resources no other bond or irrevocable letter of 
  1-10  credit shall be required of any water well contractor or 
  1-11  driller for the purposes of protecting the state or any 
  1-12  political subdivision of the state or the citizens thereof 
  1-13  from water well contractors or drillers who fail to meet the 
  1-14  standards as set out in this Act or for any other like 
  1-15  purpose required by any department, agency, or 
  1-16  instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision 
  1-17  thereof; to prohibit acceptance of any bond or irrevocable 
  1-18  letter of credit from any water well contractor or driller 
  1-19  who drills any well or borehole for the purpose of injecting 
  1-20  any surface water into the floridan aquifer during a 
  1-21  specified period; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1-22  purposes. 
 
  1-23       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-24                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-25  Code Section 12-5-135 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-26  Annotated, relating to requirement of bond or letter of 
  1-27  credit from a water well contractor or driller, is amended 
  1-28  by adding at the end thereof the following: 
 
  1-29    "(g) The bond or irrevocable letter of credit provided for 
  1-30    in this Code section shall have state-wide application. 
 
  1-31    (h) Upon delivery of the prescribed bond or irrevocable 
  1-32    letter of credit to the director, no other bond or 
  1-33    irrevocable letter of credit shall be required of any 
  1-34    water well contractor or driller for the purposes of 
 
 
 
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  2- 1    protecting the state or any political subdivision of the 
  2- 2    state or the citizens thereof from water well contractors 
  2- 3    or drillers who fail to meet the standards as set out in 
  2- 4    this part or for any other like purpose required by any 
  2- 5    department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a 
  2- 6    political subdivision thereof. 
 
  2- 7    (i) No bond or irrevocable letter of credit provided for 
  2- 8    in this Code section shall be accepted by the director 
  2- 9    from any water well contractor or driller who shall drill 
  2-10    any well or borehole for the purpose of injecting any 
  2-11    surface water into the floridan aquifer in any county 
  2-12    governed by the Georgia coastal zone management program 
  2-13    provided by Code Section 12-5-327 after July 1, 1999, and 
  2-14    before December 31, 2002." 
 
  2-15                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-16  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-17  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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