Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
4.5 KiB
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| Bill | State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with Environmental Protection Division of the Dept. Of Natural Resources; remove authority | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-6-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - additional duties and powers, so as to remove authority of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission to formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to modify provisions relating to regulated riparian rights to surface waters for general or farm use, permits for withdrawal, diversion or impoundment, coordination with water plans, metering of farm use, interbasin transfers, and appeal procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 451 | Georgia SB 451 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 451 (2017_18) — State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with Environmental Protection Division of the Dept. Of Natural Resources; remove authority
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-6-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - additional duties and powers, so as to remove authority of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission to formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to modify provisions relating to regulated riparian rights to surface waters for general or farm use, permits for withdrawal, diversion or impoundment, coordination with water plans, metering of farm use, interbasin transfers, and appeal procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 49–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-15 Senate Hopper
- 2018-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-02-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-01 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-03-05 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-23 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Act 483
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fc79898-8a9f-4028-bac3-f5cf30bd4bb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).