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Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975: exemption: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

CA AB 2246 · Assembly Bill · 2019–2020

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Mar 16, 2020

What it does

(1) The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 prohibits a person, with exceptions, from conducting surface mining operations unless, among other things, a permit is obtained from, a specified reclamation plan is submitted to and approved by, and financial assurances for reclamation have been approved by the lead agency for the operation of the surface mining operation. The act exempts certain activities from the provisions of the act, including, among others, emergency excavations or grading conducted by the Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board for the specified purposes; surface mining operations conducted on lands owned or leased, or upon which…

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Where it stands

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Current step)

    Committee hearing · Mar 16, 2020

  3. Floor (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

  4. Law (Not started)

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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