| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 44 3031 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 413 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Jenkins of the 136 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Huddleston of the 72 |
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| 6 | 6 | | nd |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Campbell of the 171 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ridley of the 22 |
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| 12 | 12 | | , and Byrd of the 20 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide for agricultural products; to3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | other purposes.5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | regarding agriculture, is amended by revising Code Section 2-1-6, relating to preemption of9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | local ordinances relating to production of agricultural or farm products, as follows:10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | "2-1-6.11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | state shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating crop13 |
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| 31 | 31 | | management or animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural or14 |
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| 32 | 32 | | farm products on any private property.15 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a.1)(1) As used in this subsection, the term: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) 'Agricultural land' means any land capable of use in the production of agricultural17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | crops, timber, livestock or livestock products, poultry or poultry products, milk or dairy18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | products, or fruit or other horticultural products, but does not include any land zoned19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | by a local governmental unit for a use other than and nonconforming with agricultural20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | use.21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) 'Mobile sawmill' means an engine powered sawing or cutting machine used to turn22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | logs into lumber, regardless of whether attached to a trailer or truck mounted, that may23 |
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| 44 | 44 | | be transported among and used at multiple sites. Such machines shall be considered24 |
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| 45 | 45 | | agricultural equipment.25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of26 |
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| 47 | 47 | | this state shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution prohibiting27 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or restricting the use of mobile sawmills on agricultural land, including, but not limited28 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to, processing timber from properties other than the one on which the mobile sawmill is29 |
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| 50 | 50 | | located.30 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (3) All waste produced by sawing logs, including sawdust, bark, and slab materials, shall31 |
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| 52 | 52 | | be considered agricultural products. The lumber produced by mobile sawmills,32 |
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| 53 | 53 | | regardless of whether it is green, kiln dried, or surfaced, shall also be considered an33 |
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| 54 | 54 | | agricultural product.34 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) Subsection (a) Subsections (a) and (a.1) of this Code section shall not prohibit or35 |
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| 56 | 56 | | impair the power of any local government to adopt or enforce any zoning ordinance or36 |
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| 57 | 57 | | make any other zoning decision. As used in this subsection, the terms 'local government',37 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 'local government,' 'zoning decision', 'zoning decision,' and 'zoning ordinance' shall have38 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the same meanings provided by meanings as set forth in Code Section 36-66-3.39 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (c) Subsection (a) Subsections (a) and (a.1) of this Code section shall not prohibit or40 |
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| 61 | 61 | | impair any existing power of a county, municipality, consolidated government, or other41 |
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| 62 | 62 | | political subdivision of this state to adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or42 |
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| 63 | 63 | | resolution regulating land application of human waste."43 |
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| 64 | 64 | | H. B. 413 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. |
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| 68 | 68 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.45 |
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| 69 | 69 | | H. B. 413 |
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