Legislation Assigned to the Senate MA Committee (4)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/9/2024


H 3290 Business Freedom to Choose Act (flow control) 03.21.2013 The Senate Medical Affairs committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments provide protection for counties that have issued bonds related to development of landfills and states that this legislation in no way hinders the local government’s ability to determine through zoning where landfills are located and does not change the local government’s ability to refuse waste from outside its jurisdiction. The amendment also requires that a covered material process facility must submit a report to DHEC and must prove financial responsibility. 02.13.2013 A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment strikes all of the language in the bill and replaces it the language from S203. S203 prohibits counties from restricting the flow of waste coming into or leaving the county.01.22.2013 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment clarifies that the bill does not impact local governments' bonded indebtedness or ability to contract for services to handle waste.01.16.2013 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs I subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits a county from passing an ordinance that restricts solid waste disposal at a permitted facility or impedes the development or implementation of a recycling program.
Sponsor: Kenneth A. "Kenny" Bingham House Com: ANREA Senate Com: MA
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 4/12/2013
Keywords: General Governance Utilities
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S 0203 Business Freedom to Choose Act (flow control)Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes a county ordinance that restricts solid waste disposal at a permitted facility or impedes the development or implementation of a recycling program inconsistent with state law.
Sponsor: Daniel B. "Danny" Verdin III House Com: Senate Com: MA
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs Status Date: 1/9/2013
Keywords: General Governance Utilities
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S 0359 Requires a permit to drill a well or issue a septic tankSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the issuance of a permit to have a well drilled or septic tank on a parcel of land that has unencumbered access to a water and sewer line.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com: MA
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs Status Date: 2/7/2013
Keywords: Water
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S 0717 Imposes a moratorium on permits for certain landfillsSummary of the bill as introduced: Imposes a moratorium in effect until December 31, 2017, on DHEC issuing permits to construct certain new Class 3 landfills or to replace or expand certain existing Class 3 landfills. The resolution also prevents DHEC from issuing approvals to increase the annual disposal rate at certain Class 3 landfills.
Sponsor: John W. Matthews, Jr. House Com: Senate Com: MA
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs Status Date: 5/22/2013
Keywords: General Governance
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