HB 0149 |
Neutral | Requirement for Counties to Use Only GBI Approved Trauma Scene Cleanup Services and Consolidation of Fire Services |
Alan Powell |
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3/29/2018 |
Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Public Safety |
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| This legislation preempts county and city governments from requiring licenses or permits for trauma scene waste management practitioners or regulated waste transporters. When hiring a company to cleanup or remove trauma scene waste, counties and cities must hire a company approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This bill was amended to include S.B. 319 which provides for the Consolidation of all Fire Services into a separate state agency. |
HB 0387 |
Neutral | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash (Utilities) |
Jeff Jones |
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2/17/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation addresses the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) and requires certain electric utilities and power producers to convert to dry storage. |
HB 0388 |
Evaluating | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash (Landfills) |
Jeff Jones |
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2/17/2017 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources & Environment |
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| This legislation addresses the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in landfills. Landfill owners would be required to create a managment plan if they receive or are planning to receive coal ash. In addition, landfill owners would be required to notify the local governing authorities of the county, and any city within the county in which the landfill is located, upon the initial submission of a said plan or upon submission of an amended plan. |
HB 0693 |
Oppose | Prohibits Liens on Property Where Solid Waste Fees Are Delinquent |
Brett Harrell |
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2/21/2018 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Ways and Means |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation would repeal the state law that permits local governments to place liens on properties for unpaid trash fees without going to court first. Local governments would still have other collection options, including filing a claim in Magistrate Court; a judgment from Magistrate Court can still be filed as a lien against the property of the debtor. Because direct filing of trash liens provides another tool for local government collection of unpaid fees, ACCG opposes this legislation. The House passed HB 693 on 2/20/18. Vote Tally Link |
HB 0785 |
Neutral | Solid Waste Management: Converting Plastics to Fuel |
Randy Nix |
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7/1/2018 |
Effective Date |
Natural Resources and Environment |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation defines the practice of converting waste plastics into fuel and clarifies that these type of operations wouldn’t be considered a waste handling or waste disposal facility.
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HB 0792 |
Support | Reauthorize Hazardous Waste Trust Fund / Increase in Landfill Host Fee |
Terry Rogers |
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6/30/2018 |
Effective Date |
Ways and Means |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation renews the fees that make up the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund (HWTF) for one year, from July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019. Most of the fees come from the state’s 75-cent per-ton tipping fee on solid waste going into Georgia’s landfills – a fee counties pay if they own/operate landfills.
This legislation also includes language to increase the state’s minimum local solid waste cost reimbursement (host) fee from $1 to $2.50 per ton on waste going to privately owned landfills. The $1 minimum fee has been in existence since 1992 and for the past ten years, ACCG has included in our policy platform a request for the host fee to increase. ACCG was supportive of the efforts led by Sen. Burt Jones to increase this fee.
Details:
- Host fee minimum increases from $1 to $2.50 per ton but not effective until July 1, 2019. This increase only applies to a municipal solid waste disposal facility that is owned by a private entity.
- Coal ash minimum fee is $1 per ton until 2025 when it will then increase to the $2 per ton minimum fee.
- Inert waste, construction and demolition waste minimum is $1 per ton.
- All of these fees are the minimum, not the ceiling. Counties can negotiate host fees, other fees and charges above the minimum. No host fees are to be reduced if they are in existence on July 1, 2019.
- 50% of the host fee collected shall be used for these purposes:
- To offset the impact of the facility
- Public education efforts
- Cost of solid waste management
- Administration of the local/regional solid waste management plan
- Repair of damage to roads and highways associated with the facility
- Enhancement of litter control programs
- Ground-water and air monitoring and protection
- Remediation and monitoring of closed or abandoned facilities
- Infrastructure improvements associated with the facility
- Reserve fund allocation
- Acquisition of property adjacent or in reasonable proximity to the facility to serve as beautification, environmental, buffering or recreational purposes
- Fees not used for the above purposes (the remaining 50%) can be used for other governmental expenses.
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HB 0859 |
Oppose | Cash Payments for Scrap Metal by Secondary Metal Recyclers |
Robert Gasaway |
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2/12/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Regulated Industries |
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| This legislation amends the statute to allow for cash payments by secondary metal recyclers up to purchases of $200.00. Purchases over $200.00 must be paid by check or electronic transfer. |
HB 0880 |
Evaluating | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash in Landfills |
Jeff Jones |
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2/13/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources and Environment |
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| This legislation provides guidelines for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in public and private landfills. Landfill owners or operators would have to notify the public of their intent to accept coal ash by placing a notice in the legal organ of the county. Landfills currently accepting coal ash would have to comply with new criteria set out by this legislation. |
HB 0975 |
Oppose | Solid Waste Management: Coal Ash Disposal |
Robert Gasaway |
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2/22/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Natural Resources and Environment |
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| The legislation addresses the disposal of coal combustion residuals. The bill removes the host fee for coal combustion residuals disposals but authorizes the county operated municipal solid waste disposal facility to charge a fee up to .25 cents per ton for the disposal of coal combustion residuals. In addition, for privately owned municipal solid waste disposal facilities, a new state excise tax of $2.50 per ton is to be charged to the producer for the disposal of coal combustion residuals. |
HR 1349 |
Neutral | House Study Committee on the Solid Waste Disposal Process |
William Werkheiser |
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3/1/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Special Rules |
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| This resolution creates the House Study Committee on the Solid Waste Disposal Process. |
SB 0065 |
Support | Tire Disposal Restrictions and Fees |
Frank Ginn |
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1/8/2018 |
Senate Recommitted |
- | Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation requires tire retailers to collect the full amount of the scrap tire fee regardless of whether the customer leaves a scrap tire. The intent of this bill is to remove the incentive for individuals to take tires and illegally dump them. This bill does not apply to purchasers who are local governments or public utilities. |
SB 0165 |
Evaluating | Solid Waste Management - Coal Ash (Liability) |
William Ligon |
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2/15/2017 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| This legislation imposes liability, in the event of a release, on any producer of coal ash who disposes of such coal ash in Georgia. |
SB 0385 |
Neutral | Chief Medical Examiner: Burial Authority |
Burt Jones |
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5/3/2018 |
Act 358 |
Natural Resources and Environment |
Natural Resources and the Environment |
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| During the House Rules meeting on 3.27.18, a substitute was offered that removes the private landfill host fee bill and in its place is a bill relating to the chief medical examiner and his/her authority to inter remains (bury) and disinter remains (remove a body from a grave). The original intent of SB 385 increases the state’s minimum local solid waste cost reimbursement (host) fee on waste going into landfills owned by private entities. The $1 minimum fee has been in existence since 1992.
Talking points advocating for the increase of private landfill host fees can be found here. Similar host fee language has been added to HB 792. |
SB 0414 |
Neutral | Charitable Collection Receptacles |
Lindsey Tippins |
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3/5/2018 |
House Second Readers |
Governmental Affairs |
State and Local Governmental Operations |
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| This legislation allows local governing authorities to issue written notices for the failure to clean and maintain charitable collection receptacles. In addition, the local government could file a lawsuit in Superior Court for an order to remove a collection receptacle if the owner of the receptacle does not comply with violation notices on at least three occasions in one calendar year. |
SR 1170 |
Neutral | Study Committee - Are Local Fees Going Toward Intended Purposes? |
Jack Hill |
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3/29/2018 |
Senate Read and Adopted |
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| Following much discussion over the past several years regarding the redirection of state-collected fees from their intended purposes, this Senate study committee (consisting of 5 senators) will examine whether or not local government fees are fairly and equitably imposed and whether the monies collected from them are being appropriately used and directed for the purpose(s) for which they are intended. Examples of fees cited by this resolution include: storm water management fees, fire service fees, and traffic add-on fees. |