07 LC
25 4791
Senate
Bill 197
By:
Senators Harp of the 29th and Seabaugh of the 28th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to solid waste
management, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to municipal solid waste
disposal facility sites near adjoining counties; to provide restrictions on
landfill sites near adjoining counties; to provide an effective date; to provide
for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to solid waste management, is
amended by repealing and reserving Code Section 12-8-25, relating to municipal
solid waste disposal facility sites near adjoining counties, and by adding a new
Code section to read as follows:
"12-8-25.6.
To
encourage cooperation among the various counties, no new permit for a landfill
or modification of an existing permit for the expansion of a landfill shall be
issued if any part of the site for such landfill is within two miles of the
boundaries of any adjoining county in this state without the applicant´s
first receiving the express approval of the governing authority of that
adjoining county."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval and shall apply to all applications for new
permits or modifications of existing permits filed on or after such effective
date.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.