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2003 SESSION
SB 1301 Outdoor lighting standards.
Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Outdoor lighting standards. Allows localities by ordinance to establish outdoor lighting standards. Such ordinance shall apply only to new outdoor lighting and shall not require the replacement of a lighting system or fixture installed prior to the effective date of the ordinance. The ordinance shall not require any person or business to install outdoor lighting. Illumination levels specified in the ordinance may be tied to the most current standards and recommended practices established by the Illumination Engineering Society of North America but shall not be lower than such current standards and recommended practices. The ordinance shall contain the following exemptions from lighting standards: (i) lighting associated with maintenance or construction performed by the Virginia Department of Transportation; (ii) emergency lighting, used by, or at the direction of, police or fire-fighting or emergency medical personnel; (iii) all lighting fixtures associated with agricultural activities; (iv) lighting used to illuminate a flag; and (v) decorative holiday lighting.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 034495564 pdf
- 01/31/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 034495564-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 034495564
- 01/17/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/28/03 Senate: Reported from Local Government w/amds (7-Y 6-N)
- 01/30/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/03 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/03 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/31/03 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/31/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 034495564-E
- 02/03/03 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/03/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/03/03 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/03 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/03 Senate: Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)
- 02/03/03 Senate: VOTE: DEFEATED(18-Y 21-N)