HB 40
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Robert Tata
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12/14/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
01/26/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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Standards for use of coastal primary sand dunes; exemption. Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to determine which structures or properties are in imminent danger from erosion or storm damage. If such structures or properties are found to be in imminent danger, the property owners will be able to erect or maintain protective bulkheads of a type, size and configuration approved by the Board. This is the same exemption from the Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches Act that applies to homes located in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision.
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HB 67
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Robert G. Marshall
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12/19/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
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Isolated state waters. Asserts that isolated bodies of water that are not fed by or replenished perennial streams are to be considered nonnavigable waterways and, as such, are not subject to regulation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Clean Water Act.
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HB 88
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Barry D. Knight
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12/21/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
1/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
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Menhaden harvest cap. Removes the provision that allows an adjustment for underages or overages in the annual harvest cap to be carried over to the next year's cap limit. Currently, if a person harvests less than the 109,020 metric ton limit on taking menhaden, he can add the difference to his cap for next year's harvest. Conversely, if he exceeds the cap in any one year, he must reduce his harvest in the succeeding year by the amount of the overage of the preceding year.
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HB 124
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Joseph D. Morrissey
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01/12/12 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
01/20/12 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
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Plastic bag tax. Imposes a tax of 20 cents ($0.20) on plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property purchased in grocery stores, convenience stores, or drug stores. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, newspapers, dry cleaning, and prescription drugs are exempt from the tax. Retailers are allowed to retain five cents ($0.05) of the 20-cent ($0.20) tax or seven cents ($0.07) if the retailer has a customer bag credit program. Failure to collect and remit the tax will result in fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, and third and subsequent offenses, respectively.
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Bill is likely dead
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HB 176
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Barry D. Knight
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1/9/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
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Regulation of nutrient credit certification. Directs the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to adopt regulations governing the certification of certain nutrient credits. Referring to the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the legislation sets out certain requirements of the regulations, permits the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish an online registry of certified credits, and allows municipal separate storm sewer systems to acquire and use credits under certain conditions.
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HB 186
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C. Todd Gilbert
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1/9/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural
Reso urces
01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture
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Authority to prohibit land application of sewage sludge. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to prohibit the land application of sewage sludge within its boundaries; makes clarifying amendments.
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HB 242
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. Benjamin L. Cline
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01/10/12 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/16/12 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
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Virginia Cooperative Extension Service; local offices. Requires the Cooperative Extension Service shall maintain a local office with at least one employee in each county in the Commonwealth.
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HB 336
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Tony O. Wilt
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01/26/12 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
01/27/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
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Virginia Land Conservation Fund; distribution of revenues. Provides that in distributing the revenues in the Virginia Land Conservation Fund generated by the sale of land conservation tax credits, funds shall not be distributed to federal governmental entities.
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HB 456
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R. Lee Ware, Jr.
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01/10/12 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/20/12 House: Assigned Finance sub: #3
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Riparian forest tax credit; refund. Makes the existing tax credit for riparian forest buffer protection for waterways refundable. Currently, the tax credit may be carried forward for five taxable years, but is not refundable.
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HB 618
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James M. LeMunyon
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1/10/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture
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Appointment of members of local soil and water conservation boards. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city in a soil and water conservation district to enact an ordinance requiring that the locality's representatives on the district board be appointed by the governing body rather than elected by the registered voters, as is currently required.
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Oppose
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HB 799
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Edward T. Scott
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Wetlands and streams; water protection permits; conditions for contribution to a Board-approved fund. Requires as a condition for contribution to a State Water Control Board-approved fund, in lieu of creating or restoring compensatory wetland or stream acreage, either a showing that sufficient compensatory mitigation bank credits are unavailable or that the Board has determined that unique circumstances exist. (Same as SB 425)
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HB 809
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Joe T. May
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01/27/12 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
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Provision of insurance for employees of boards working closely with a locality. Adds the employees of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth such as boards, commissions, agencies, or authorities to the list of employees who may receive insurance from a locality. The political subdivision must be working in close cooperation with the locality before the insurance may be provided. Current law limits the provision of such insurance to the members of boards that were created or controlled by the locality.
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Support
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HB 913
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J. Randall Minchew
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
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Solid waste management plan; optional. Removes the mandate that a governing body develop and implement a regional or local solid waste management plan, making such plans optional.
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HB 932
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L. Scott Lingamfelter
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01/26/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
01/26/12 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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Nutrient management. Directs up to 10 percent, but not more than $150,000 annually, from the Natural Resources Commitment Fund to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Nutrient Management Training and Certification Fund for the development and support of the Voluntary Nutrient Management Plan Program. Specifically, the funds will be used to develop web-based planning software and training materials for those implementing nutrient management plans on their lands.
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HB 942
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L. Scott Lingamfelter
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/17/12 House: Assigned CC & T sub: #2
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Onsite sewage systems. Provides that a locality shall not require the owner of an alternative onsite sewage system to enter into a performance agreement with the locality or otherwise require the owner of an alternative onsite sewage system to post with the locality a sum of cash, a letter of credit, or a bond.
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HB 1009
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David I. Ramadan
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/25/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
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Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation. Specifies the means of serving an order for disturbance without an approved plan or required permit. Current law refers only to an order for a failure to comply with a plan or permit.
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HB 1034
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R. Steven Landes
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
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Withdrawal from certain interstate agreements and commissions; Southern Growth Policies Agreement; Education Commission of the States; Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. Withdraws the Commonwealth from the Southern Growth Policies Agreement, the Education Commission of the States, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.
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HB 1065
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Beverly J. Sherwood
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
01/26/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
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Integration of agencies' programs. Integrates elements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Act, the Stormwater Act, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act so that these regulatory programs can be implemented in a consolidated and consistent manner, resulting in greater efficiencies (one-stop shopping) for those being regulated. The bill also eliminates the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board and places its responsibilities with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.
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HB 1071
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Timothy D. Hugo
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/20/12 House: Assigned CC & T sub: #2
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Onsite sewage systems. Provides that the owner of an alternative onsite sewage system installed prior to January 1, 2010, with flows of less than 1,000 gallons per day serving a church or an individual single-family dwelling occupied by such owner shall be exempt from the requirements for the operation and maintenance of the alternative onsite sewage system contained in State Board of Health regulations. The provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2014.
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HB 1082
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Timothy D. Hugo
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/20/12 House: Assigned Finance sub: #1
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Recordation tax. Eliminates the recordation tax exemption for certain deeds of trust securing a refinanced obligation, and establishes a reduced tax for all refinancing deeds of trust or mortgages that is equal to a maximum of 18 cents ($0.18) per $100 of the amount refinanced. Under current law, there is an exemption for a deed of trust or mortgage that is refinanced with the same lender on the principal amount of the original debt; all other such instruments of refinancing are subject to the tax at rates higher than the new rates established in the bill.
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HB 1105
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Thomas A. Greason
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/17/12 House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
01/26/12 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings. Revises the rules for which meetings of state public bodies may be conducted by audio or video means. The bill provides that (i) at least one member of the public body must be physically assembled at the principal meeting location, (ii) the quorum of the public body is determined by members participating in person or by electronic means in the meeting, (iii) a member of the public shall pay for the documented marginal cost that a public body may incur in expanding public participation to the meeting, and (iv) the number of meetings a public body may conduct through electronic communications means is limited to 50 percent of its regular meetings in any calendar year. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Bill is dead
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HB 1180
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Riley Ingram
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01/18/12 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/24/12 House: Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay
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Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $300 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Improvement Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys `from the original bonds issued in 2007.
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HB 1210
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L. Scott Lingamfelter
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01/19/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Slowly available nitrogen. Requires that beginning July 1, 2014, lawn maintenance fertilizer list on its directions for use its nitrogen application rates. If such fertilizer does not list on its directions for use nitrogen application rates that are consistent with rates recommended in the Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria, it cannot be registered, sold, distributed, or used in Virginia. The bill also requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation to adopt fast-track regulations to incorporate the application rates recommended by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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HB 1218
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James W. Morefield
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01/19/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Stream mitigation banks. Combines the Tennessee River Basin and the Big Sandy River Basin into one river watershed for the purpose of establishing and operating a stream mitigation bank within the watershed.
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HB 1231
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Robert D. Orrock, Sr.
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01/26/12 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
01/27/12 House: Read first time
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Onsite sewage systems; inspections. Clarifies that if a licensed professional engineer or onsite soil evaluator does not inspect an onsite sewage system, which he certified, in a timely manner, or declines to certify that the installation was completed substantially in accordance with the evaluation and design, the owner may petition the Department of Health to inspect the installation and render a final case decision approving or disapproving the installation.
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HB 1268
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Robert H. Brink
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01/24/12 House: Assigned Finance sub: #3
01/27/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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Land preservation tax credit. Reduces from $100,000 to $50,000 the amount of the land preservation tax credit that may be claimed for taxable years 2012 and 2013. Any taxpayer affected by the credit reduction would be allowed two additional taxable years in which to claim the land preservation tax credit.
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HB1281
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Kathy J. Byron
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01/20/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Assumption of federal wetland and dredge and fill programs. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to assume full responsibility for regulating wetlands and dredge and fill programs that are currently also under the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The bill will would eliminate dual permitting requirements. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would have to determine whether Virginia has the authority to administer the individual and general permit program under § 404 of the Clean Water. Act.
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HB 1291
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C. Todd Gilbert
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01/24/12 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/27/12 House: Assigned GL sub: #5 Special
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Governor's reorganization of executive branch of state government. Reorganizes the executive branch of state government as follows: (Partial of Summary-Natural Resources area only) Same as SB 678.
Moves the responsibility of providing environmental education programs from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, [Enactment 87; HJR 49 #31];
Moves the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program from the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to the State Water Control Board. The bill has to be reenacted to become effective; except that the assessment by the Secretary of Natural Resources of the water quality programs of the Commonwealth can begin July 1, 2012, [Enactments 88-97; HJR 49 #32];
Abolishes the Chippokes Plantation Farm Foundation and transfers any interests in any real or tangible personal property of the Foundation to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, [Enactments 98-100; HJR 49 #33];
Eliminates the Virginia Scenic River Board and transfers its duties to the Board of Conservation and Recreation, [Enactments 101-102; HJR 49 #34];
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HB 1295
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Kathy J. Byron
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Elimination of state mandates. Eliminates several statewide mandates on local and regional government entities relating to procurement procedures, education, and land use. Affects §10.-561 E. E&S (Same as SB 679) ) “The Board shall periodically conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation to ensure that all erosion and sediment control programs operating under the jurisdiction of this article meet minimum standards of effectiveness in controlling soil erosion, sediment deposition and nonagricultural runoff. Such review and evaluation may include certification of a review and evaluation conducted by a locality. Review and evaluation by a locality pursuant to a program certified by the Board shall be deemed consistent with the requirements of this subsection. The Board shall develop a schedule for conducting periodic reviews and evaluations of the effectiveness of erosion and sediment control programs.”
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HJ 3
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Robert B. Bell
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01/12/12 House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
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Constitutional amendment (second resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use. Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authorizing the General Assembly to define what constitutes a public use is removed. The proposed amendment provides that private property can be taken or damaged only for a public use, only with just compensation to the owner, and only so much taken as is necessary for the public use. Just compensation must equal or exceed the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services. In all other cases, a taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property. The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, without a presumption that it is.
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HJ 113
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Kaye Kory
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/20/12 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
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Study; joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from ICPRB; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study Virginia's withdrawal from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin and its effects upon the viability of the Potomac as a source of drinking water, recreation, and other benefits.
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HJ 129
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J. Randall Minchew
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01/18/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
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Resolution; requesting the Attorney General to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of federal TMDL regulations; report. Requests the Attorney General of Virginia to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of certain Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Chesapeake Bay. The resolution asserts that the TMDL regulations, which are binding upon Virginia localities releasing storm waters and treated waste waters into tributaries of the Bay, essentially constitute an unfunded mandate in violation of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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HJ 137
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Charles D. Poindexter
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01/11/12 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/20/12 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
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Study; land-disturbing activities; report. Requests the Secretary of Natural Resources to study the possibility that regulatory requirements may be modified to alleviate the cost and time required to pursue land-disturbing activities in Virginia, such as by eliminating, modifying, or delaying the applicable regulations, permitting requirements, and licensing requirements.
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HJ 243
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Kathy J. Byron
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01/23/12 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
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Study; state regulation of wetlands. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the benefits and costs of seeking authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer the § 404 permitting program under the federal Clean Water Act.
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SB 18
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Richard H. Stuart
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12/28/11 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Fishery compact. Removes authorization for Virginia's membership in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to promote better utilization of the marine, shell, and anadromous fisheries of the Atlantic seaboard through the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and by the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. If any state desires to remove itself from the Compact, it must send a six months' notice in writing to the member states of its intention to withdraw from the Compact.
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SB 52
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John C. Watkins
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01/26/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
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Exemption from environmental laboratory certification program. Exempts laboratories from the application of the environmental laboratory certification program when testing to determine soil fertility, animal manure nutrient content, or plant tissue nutrient uptake.
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SB 77
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John C. Watkins
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01/26/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
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Regulation of nutrient credit certification. Directs the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to adopt regulations governing the certification of certain nutrient credits. Referring to the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the legislation sets out certain requirements of the regulations, permits the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish an online registry of certified credits, and allows municipal separate storm sewer systems to acquire and use credits under certain conditions. (Same as HB 176)
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SB 123
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John C. Watkins
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01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Environmental covenants. Clarifies that compliance with the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act is not required.
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SB 174
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Richard H. Stuart
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01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Stormwater program assistance. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, if requested by a local government, to provide technical and staff assistance in managing the local stormwater municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) program.
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SB 227
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Mark R. Herring
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01/23/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Certain service districts; allocation of revenues. Allows a town located within a stormwater service district to retain any revenues collected by the service district within the town, so long as the town maintains its own MS4 permit.
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SB 235
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Mark R. Herring
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01/23/12 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
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Provision of insurance for employees of boards working closely with a locality. Adds the employees of boards, commissions, agencies, and authorities that are working in close cooperation with a locality to the list of employees who may receive insurance from that locality. Current law limits the provision of such insurance to the members of those boards that were created or controlled by the locality.
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Support
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SB 253
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Bryce E. Reeves
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01/26/12 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Dam safety; consultation with Department of Emergency Management. Requires the Soil and Water Conservation Board to consult with the Department of Emergency Management in implementing the dam safety program, and makes clarifying amendments.
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SB 352
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R. Creigh Deeds
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
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Land conservation income tax credit; transfer in the event of death. Allows the executor or administrator of an estate or the trustee of a revocable living trust to transfer the credit of the deceased taxpayer to another taxpayer
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SB 356
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R. Creigh Deeds
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
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Alternative onsite sewage system; exemption from regulations. Provides that the owner of an alternative onsite sewage system installed prior to January 1, 2012, in any county with a population density of 50 persons per square mile or less, that serves an individual single-family dwelling shall be exempt from the requirements for the operation and maintenance of the alternative onsite sewage system contained in certain Board of Health regulations.
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SB 402
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Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Nutrient Offset Fund. Establishes as a priority for funding from the Nutrient Offset Fund those nutrient offsets that are produced from facilities that generate electrical or heat energy, steam, or hot water using animal waste as a fuel source. The initial priority for funding will be the oxygen-starved gasification of up to 75,000 tons of animal waste per year that has been generated on poultry or dairy farms in Augusta, Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties. The nutrient offsets purchased with moneys from the Fund will be available for sale to owners or operators of new or expanded facilities required to offset nutrient loads through the watershed general permit. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Conservation and Recreation to conduct a 12-month assessment of the success of the operation of the first gasification facility to receive initial priority.
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SB 403
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Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
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Land preservation tax credit; working farmers. Increases the land preservation tax credit from 40 percent to 50 percent of the fair market value of the conveyance for working farmers, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
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SB 404
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Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
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Riparian forest tax credit; refund. Makes the existing tax credit for riparian forest buffer protection for waterways refundable. Currently, the tax credit may be carried forward for five taxable years, but is not refundable.
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SB 407
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Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/26/12 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 1-N)
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Integration of agencies' programs. Integrates elements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Act, the Stormwater Act, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act so that these regulatory programs can be implemented in a consolidated and consistent manner, resulting in greater efficiencies (one-stop shopping) for those being regulated. The bill also eliminates the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board and places its responsibilities with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.
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SB 410
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Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Wetlands and streams; water protection permits; conditions for contribution to a Board-approved fund. Requires as a condition for contribution to a State Water Control Board-approved fund, in lieu of creating or restoring compensatory wetland or stream acreage, either a showing that sufficient compensatory mitigation bank credits are unavailable or that the Board has determined that unique circumstances exist.
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SB 425
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Frank M. Ruff, Jr.
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Interbasin transfer of water resources. Charges the State Water Control Board with the responsibility to establish policies and requirements for obtaining a Virginia Water Protection Permit for the interbasin transfer of water resources. The bill requires the applicant for a permit to provide certain information, including an analysis of alternatives to the transfer and a comprehensive analysis of the impacts that would occur in the source and receiving basins.
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SB 442
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Mark D. Obenshain
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01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Design and inspection of onsite sewage systems. Establishes minimum required inspection frequencies for alternative onsite systems.
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SB 464
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Ralph S. Northam
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01/26/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
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Hunting on Sundays. Allows a person to hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays. The provision of this subdivision that prohibits the hunting or killing on Sunday of any wild bird or wild animal, including any nuisance species, shall not apply to (i) any person who hunts or kills raccoons prior to 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning or (ii) any person who hunts or kills any wild bird or wild animal, including nuisance species, with a gun, firearm or other weapon on Sunday (a) on private property, either as a landowner, the landowner's spouse or the children of the landowner, or with the written permission of the landowner, or (b) on the waters of the Commonwealth, only to the extent not prohibited by formal action of the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, it shall be unlawful to hunt or kill any deer on Sunday with the aid or assistance of dogs.
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SB 494
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John C. Watkins & Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
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01/26/12 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
01/26/12 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
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Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $300 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Improvement Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys %60from the original bonds issued in 2007.
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Support
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SB 509
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Frank W. Wagner
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01/26/12 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
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State Water Control Board regulations. Requires that state water quality laws be no more restrictive than federal requirements. Currently, Virginia law allows more stringent regulations than those adopted by the federal government, so long as the reasons for the more restrictive provisions are disclosed to the committees having oversight responsibilities.
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Bill is dead
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SB 512
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Frank W. Wagner
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01/19/12 Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (SB464-Northam) (13-Y 1-N)
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Hunting on Sundays. Allows any person who has obtained a hunting license to hunt any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.
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SB 610
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Richard H. Black
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01/19/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Regulation of care and handling of agricultural animals. Provides that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services occupies the entire field of regulation of the care and handling of agricultural animals and that no locality or humane society shall do so. The bill also defines several terms relating to agricultural animals.
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SB 678
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Ryan T. McDougle
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01/25/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Governor's reorganization of executive branch of state government. Reorganizes the executive branch of state government as follows: (Partial of Summary-Natural Resources area only) Same as HB1291. See HB 1291 for Summary.
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SB 679
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Stephen D. Newman
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01/25/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Elimination of state mandates. Eliminates several statewide mandates on local and regional government entities relating to procurement procedures, education, and land use. Affects §10.-561 E. E&S (Same as HB 1295) “The Board shall periodically conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation to ensure that all erosion and sediment control programs operating under the jurisdiction of this article meet minimum standards of effectiveness in controlling soil erosion, sediment deposition and nonagricultural runoff. Such review and evaluation may include certification of a review and evaluation conducted by a locality. Review and evaluation by a locality pursuant to a program certified by the Board shall be deemed consistent with the requirements of this subsection. The Board shall develop a schedule for conducting periodic reviews and evaluations of the effectiveness of erosion and sediment control programs.”
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SJ 66
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Ryan T. McDougle
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01/20/12 Senate: Agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
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Governor's Executive Reorganization Plan. Sets out the Governor's executive reorganization plan dated November 25, 2011, for approval by each house of the General Assembly. The resolution sets out the pertinent details of the plan.
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SJ 67
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Ryan T. McDougle
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01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Constitutional amendment (second resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use. Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authorizing the General Assembly to define what constitutes a public use is removed. The proposed amendment provides that private property can be taken or damaged only for a public use, only with just compensation to the owner, and only so much taken as is necessary for the public use. Just compensation must equal or exceed the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services. In all other cases, a taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property. The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, without a presumption that it is.
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