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GA HB959
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/12/2020
Primary Sponsor
Steven Meeks
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AI Summary
- Increases the surcharge that host local governments must impose on privately operated municipal solid waste disposal facilities from $1.00 to $2.50 per ton or volume equivalent
- Sets the surcharge for coal combustion residuals (fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, flue gas desulfurization materials) at $2.50 per ton, while maintaining a separate $1.00 per ton surcharge for construction, demolition, or inert waste
- Reduces the minimum percentage of surcharge revenue that must be spent on designated waste-related purposes (such as facility impact mitigation, road repair, groundwater monitoring, litter control, and public education) from 50% to 40%
- Extends the prohibition on reducing any existing negotiated surcharges from the July 1, 2019 baseline date to July 1, 2020
- Allows host local governments to negotiate surcharges higher than the statutory minimums and to use surplus surcharge funds not allocated to designated purposes for other general governmental expenses
Legislative Description
Solid waste management; surcharges imposed by local governments regarding municipal solid waste facilities operated by private enterprise; increase
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/13/2020
Full Bill Text
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