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Sumner County delays decision on adopting 'Jackson's Law' after landfill briefing
Summary
Sumner County commissioners discussed adopting 'Jackson's Law' to give the county more regulatory authority over landfills, heard legal guidance on zoning limits and a two-thirds adoption threshold, and voted to defer the matter to the Solid Waste Board for further review and consultant input.
Speaker 1 opened a new-business presentation on landfills and flagged 'Jackson's Law' as a possible measure to give smaller counties additional regulatory authority over landfill siting.
Legal counsel, Speaker 7, told the commission Jackson's Law is an opt-in measure for smaller counties that provides regulatory means to address landfill siting; Speaker 7 cautioned that the choice to invoke Jackson's Law itself requires a two-thirds vote and that the law would not replace ordinary zoning and…
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