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Mines and Mining (1995 thru present)
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  • 2012 - HB 446 Coal tax credits; termination of certain credits.
  • 2012 - HB 684 Coal mine safety; operator of coal mine to submit map and revisions that show directional changes.
  • 2012 - HB 710 Coal mining; right to use shell, void opened underground, etc., created by removal of coal.
  • 2012 - HB 712 Coal severance tax; codifies manner in which it is calculated.
  • 2012 - HB 1192 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; extends sunset date.
  • 2012 - SB 143 Mining permit; use of mine voids.
  • 2012 - SB 144 Virginia Gas and Oil Act; production of plats or maps.
  • 2012 - SB 145 Coalbed methane drilling; pooling orders.
  • 2012 - SB 150 Mineral rights; presumption of ownereship.
  • 2012 - SB 152 Virginia Gas and Oil Act; penalties for operating without permit, disregarding orders, etc.
  • 2012 - SB 153 Gas or oil wells; records of pooled operations income and costs.
  • 2012 - SB 330 Coal mine safety; operator of coal mine to submit map and revisions that show directional changes.
  • 2012 - SB 609 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; extends sunset date.
  • 2012 - SB 616 Coalfield employment enhancement tax credit; eliminates sunset date.
  • 2012 - SB 658 License tax, local; ordinances for severance oil, coal, or gas from earth, report.
  • 2013 - HB 1464 Coal miners; designating April 13 of each year as day of recognition.
  • 2013 - HB 1771 Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.
  • 2013 - HB 1804 Uranium; establishes 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State.
  • 2013 - HB 1824 Virginia port volume; increase tax credit to certain entities, clarifies definitions.
  • 2013 - HB 2100 Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.
  • 2013 - HB 2110 Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; tax revenue used to construct, etc., natural gas service lines.
  • 2013 - HB 2111 Coal; repeals an obsolete chapter that regulates surface mining.
  • 2013 - HB 2227 Coal trucks; weight enforcement.
  • 2013 - HB 2330 Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.
  • 2013 - SB 918 Coal severance taxes, local; establishes gross income for certain purposes. Emergency.
  • 2013 - SB 919 Uranium; 3% state severance tax on receipts of any severed from earth in State, proceeds.
  • 2013 - SB 1014 Coal; repeals an obsolete chapter that regulates surface mining.
  • 2013 - SB 1111 Gas severance taxes, local; validation of coal & gas severance tax & road improvement tax ordinance.
  • 2013 - SB 1353 Uranium; establishes process for DMME to issue permits for mining of uranium ore, report.
  • 2013 - SJ 338 Environmental regulation; need for reducing burden of EPA regulations.
  • 2014 - HB 140 Multistate Coal Compact; established.
  • 2014 - HB 461 Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense.
  • 2014 - HB 710 Coal-mined areas; reclamation.
  • 2014 - HB 915 State-owned uplands; hydraulic fracturing.
  • 2014 - HB 1014 Coal mine safety; reciprocal agreements with other states.
  • 2014 - HB 1025 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; eligibility to receive grants.
  • 2014 - HB 1028 Gas severance tax; extends sunset provision to December 31, 2015.
  • 2014 - HB 1167 Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance; appointment of member for certain Authority and Board.
  • 2014 - SB 48 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; prohibition on oil and gas drilling.
  • 2014 - SB 208 Grand larceny & property injury; health & safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged.
  • 2014 - SB 217 Surface mining; pollutant discharge permit.
  • 2014 - SB 547 Uranium exploration; sampling of well near activity.
  • 2014 - SB 548 Coalbed methane; arbitration of conflicting claims of ownership.
  • 2014 - SB 552 Gas severance tax; extends sunset provision to December 31, 2015.
  • 2014 - SB 560 Coal-mined areas; reclamation.
  • 2014 - SR 47 Solar generation and net metering, distributed; DEQ & DMME to jointly study costs and benefits.
  • 2015 - HB 461 Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense.
  • 2015 - HB 1650 Renewable energy property; establishes grants for placing into service.
  • 2015 - HB 2058 Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense.
  • 2015 - HB 2181 Coal; tax credit allowed beginning January 1, 2015.
  • 2015 - HB 2257 Coal mine safety; wide tracking and electric equipment shall maintain safe operating conditions.
  • 2015 - HJ 506 Long-term impact of biosolids and industrial waste; Va. Institute of Marine Science & DMME to study.
  • 2015 - SB 208 Grand larceny & property injury; health & safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged.
  • 2015 - SB 547 Uranium exploration; sampling of well near activity.
  • 2015 - SB 741 Coalfield employment enhancement; extends expiration date of tax credit to January 1, 2019.
  • 2015 - SB 1161 Coal tax; limits amount of credit that may be claimed for coal employment and production incentive.
  • 2016 - HB 298 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for employment, etc.
  • 2016 - HB 1169 Mineral mining; bonding program, reclamation.
  • 2016 - HB 1389 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to DMME.
  • 2016 - SB 44 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for employment, etc.
  • 2016 - SB 475 Clean Fuel Fleet Voucher Program; established.
  • 2016 - SB 537 Coal combustion by-product impoundments; closure requirements.
  • 2016 - SB 563 RS&UT; exemption for materials & equipment used to drill natural gas & oil, sunset provision.
  • 2016 - SB 706 FOIA; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
  • 2016 - SB 718 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits.
  • 2016 - SB 743 Division of Energy; state certifying authority for solar energy projects.
  • 2017 - HB 1389 FOIA; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
  • 2017 - HB 1465 Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports.
  • 2017 - HB 1509 Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.
  • 2017 - HB 1678 FOIA; trade secrets submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
  • 2017 - HB 1679 Well permit applications; disclosure of trade secrets.
  • 2017 - HB 1917 Coalfield region energy production; establishes a tax credit for taxable years 2017 through 2021.
  • 2017 - HB 2198 Coal tax; limits aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated or claimed for employment, etc.
  • 2017 - HB 2200 Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund; assessment of reclamation tax revenues.
  • 2017 - HB 2389 Gas or oil drilling units; escrowed proceeds.
  • 2017 - SB 910 Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells.
  • 2017 - SB 911 Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge.
  • 2017 - SB 990 Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports.
  • 2017 - SB 1291 Well permit applications; disclosure of trade secrets.
  • 2017 - SB 1292 FOIA; trade secrets submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.