Legislative Update - February 8

Today is the 14^th day of the 40-day legislative session.  The General Assembly will meet through Thursday of this week and return the following Tuesday.

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Water
Last Wednesday, Governor Perdue announced the Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010, which has been introduced simultaneously in the House and Senate by Representative Lynn Smith (Newnan) and Senator Russ Tolleson (Perry).  The bills are based on the recommendations of the Water Contingency Planning Task Force, which was co-chaired by Georgia Chamber Environment & Energy Committee Chair Tim Lowe of Lowe Engineering, and are focused on incentivizing water conservation, reducing water loss and promoting stewardship of this finite resource. 

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Legislative Update: February 1

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