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AZ HCR2008

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/12/2022

Primary Sponsor

Gail Griffin

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Expresses Arizona Legislature's support for Congressional passage of the bipartisan "Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act"

  • Acknowledges that the United States has more than 140,000 abandoned hardrock mines, with over 22,000 posing environmental hazards to land, water, fish, wildlife, and communities

  • Allows state agencies, local governments, nonprofit groups, and corporations to remediate abandoned mines without exposure to legal liability for preexisting pollution from those mines

  • Directs the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit copies of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each Member of Congress from Arizona

Legislative Description

Good Samaritan mine act; support

Support

Last Action

Transmitted to Secretary of State

4/12/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules2/28/2022
Natural Resources, Energy and Water2/24/2022
Rules2/10/2022
Natural Resources, Energy & Water2/10/2022

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