County Government

Plain English: The amendment adds new requirements for local governments to approve proposed quarries and digital asset mining facilities, ensuring these operations meet certain safety and environmental standards before they can be established.

• Local legislative bodies must now approve the establishment of nuisance quarries or digital asset mining facilities through a public resolution process after providing notice in various ways.
• Applicants for such facilities are required to submit detailed proof, including traffic impact studies, environmental assessments, noise management plans, and financial assurances, before approval can be granted.

• The amendment text is truncated at the end, so some requirements or details may have been omitted.
• Specific definitions for terms like 'digital asset mining facility' and 'nuisance quarry' are provided to clarify what facilities this applies to.

Plain English: The amendment removes part of the definition for 'nuisance quarry' in Tennessee law.

• Removes the condition that a nuisance quarry must be located within a specific population range (between 54,800 and 54,900 people) according to the 2020 or subsequent federal census.

• The amendment text is incomplete and does not provide full context about other parts of the definition for 'nuisance quarry', so it's unclear how this change affects the overall meaning.
• It's unknown what specific impacts this removal will have on local government approval processes.

Plain English: The amendment changes the definition of 'nuisance quarry' to apply to smaller properties in a specific population range with closer setbacks from homes.

• Changes the size requirement for real property on which a proposed nuisance quarry can be established, reducing it to less than two hundred contiguous acres.
• Limits the amendment's applicability to counties with a specific population range of between fifty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty-four thousand nine hundred according to the 2020 or subsequent federal census.
• Requires that proposed quarries have setbacks of less than five hundred feet from existing residential dwellings.

• The amendment text does not specify what actions are taken once a quarry is classified as a 'nuisance quarry'.

Plain English: The amendment changes the definition of 'quarry' in Tennessee law by excluding certain types of excavation related to advanced transportation systems.

• Removes and replaces part of the existing law that defines what a quarry is, specifically adding an exclusion for excavations made primarily for subterranean tunnels designed for modern transportation methods.

• The amendment text does not provide details on how this change will be enforced or its impact on local regulations.
• It's unclear if there are existing projects that might be affected by this exclusion from the definition of a quarry.

Plain English: The amendment changes the definition of 'quarry' in Tennessee law by excluding certain types of excavation related to advanced transportation systems.

• Removes and replaces part of the existing law that defines what a quarry is, specifically adding an exclusion for excavations made primarily for subterranean tunnels designed for modern transportation methods.

• The amendment text does not provide details on how this change will be enforced or its impact on current regulations.
• It's unclear if there are specific examples of such advanced transportation systems that would fall under the new exclusion.

Plain English: This amendment adds new requirements for local governments to approve the establishment of quarries and digital asset mining facilities within their jurisdictions.

• Local legislative bodies must now approve by resolution in a public meeting before a quarry or digital asset mining facility can be established.
• The amendment specifies that at least twenty-one days' notice must be given for meetings related to the approval of these facilities, using various methods such as newspaper publication and website posting.

• The exact details on how local legislative bodies will implement these new requirements are not provided in the amendment text.
• It is unclear what specific criteria or standards local governments must use to approve or deny a facility's establishment.