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2000 SESSION
HB 1170 Wetlands.
Introduced by: L. Preston Bryant, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Wetlands. Requires that those proposing to conduct certain activities in nontidal wetlands first obtain a Virginia Water Protection Permit from the State Water Control Board. The Board must establish both individual and general permits for such activities. General permits must be issued for activities impacting less than half an acre of wetlands and other specified activities. Permits will be conditioned upon compensatory mitigation for adverse impacts to wetlands. Normal agricultural and silvicultural activities are exempt from the permit requirement. Between the enactment of the bill and such time as permit regulations are adopted, those who drain, excavate or ditch a wetland must compensate the impact on the wetland. The Board is directed generally to establish and implement policies and programs to protect and enhance the Commonwealth’s wetland resources, using a regulatory approach to achieve no net loss of wetlands and a voluntary approach to achieve a net resource gain. Water Protection Permits will be issued after an opportunity for public comment is provided. Local governments are prohibited from imposing wetland permit requirements that duplicate those imposed under federal or state law. The bill also clarifies that wetlands are state waters under the State Water Control Law, and requires the Board to seek a Section 404 Clean Water Act State Programmatic General Permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This bill is identical to SB 648.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003850652 pdf
- 02/08/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003872652-H1 pdf
- 02/10/00 House: Floor substitute printed 003881968-H2 (Wagner) pdf
- 02/10/00 House: Printed as engrossed 003872652-EH1 pdf
- 02/28/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 003884652-S1 pdf
- 03/16/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1170ER) pdf
- 04/24/00 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1170ER2) pdf
- 05/08/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1054) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments
- House amendments rejected
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003850652
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
- 02/07/00 House: Reported from Ches. & Its Trib. w/sub (11-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/00 House: Committee substitute printed 003872652-H1
- 02/09/00 House: Read first time
- 02/10/00 House: Read second time
- 02/10/00 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/10/00 House: Committee substitute agreed to 003872652-H1(49-Y 47-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (49-Y 47-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: Pending question, not ordered (47-Y 48-N 1-A)
- 02/10/00 House: VOTE: PENDING QUESTION (47-Y 48-N 1-A)
- 02/10/00 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/10/00 House: Substitute by Del. Wagner rejected (46-Y 51-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (46-Y 51-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: Recons. of defeated Sub. by Del. Wagner agreed to
- 02/10/00 House: Substitute by Del. Wagner rejected (47-Y 49-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (47-Y 49-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: Amendments by Del. Jones, S. C. agreed to
- 02/10/00 House: Amendments by Del. Bryant agreed to
- 02/10/00 House: Amendment by Del. Kilgore agreed to
- 02/10/00 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/10/00 House: Amendments by Del. Wardrup rejected
- 02/10/00 House: Eng. by Hou com sub w/amds 003872652-EH1 (78-Y 19-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (78-Y 19-N 2-A)
- 02/10/00 House: Floor substitute printed 003881968-H2 (Wagner)
- 02/10/00 House: Printed as engrossed 003872652-EH1
- 02/11/00 House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
- 02/11/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 18-N 1-A)
- 02/11/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/14/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/28/00 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/sub (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 003884652-S1
- 02/29/00 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 003884652-S1
- 03/01/00 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/00 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/03/00 Senate: Amendments by Sen. Bolling agreed to
- 03/03/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. w/amds. 003884652-ES1
- 03/03/00 Senate: Passed Senate with sub. w/amds. (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/03/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/06/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/07/00 House: Senate sub. w/amds. agreed to by House (90-Y 7-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (90-Y 7-N 1-A)
- 03/16/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1170ER)
- 03/22/00 House: Enrolled
- 03/22/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/10/00 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/19/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/19/00 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 04/19/00 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/00 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV.'S RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/00 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/19/00 House: Reenrolled
- 04/19/00 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/19/00 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/19/00 House: Enacted, Chapter 1054 (effective 7/1/00)
- 04/24/00 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1170ER2)
- 05/08/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1054)