Highlights
- South Carolina ended it's 2012 legislative session without voting on waste flow control bill. Unclear if bill will be brought up again when legislators meet again in January, 2013.
- Bill 4721 would prohibit waste flow control in the state and was designed to overturn Horry County ordinance directing all waste and recycling to city facility
- Bill has passed South Carolina's House but did not make it through Senate
From the article
South Carolina's anti-flow control bill will not move forward this year, as the state's legislative session ended with the proposal still residing in the Senate.
House Bill 4721 would prohibit waste flow control in the state and cancel out previous ordinances that restrict or prohibit waste disposal at any permitted solid waste management facility. It applies to recycling as well. It passed the state's House in March, but it didn't advance past a second reading in the Senate, says Mike Bessant, government affairs director...