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2004 SESSION
SJ 75 Private landowners; Board Forestry to study provision of incentives to hold & preserve forestland.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Study; incentives for preserving forestland. Requests the Board of Forestry, with assistance from the Virginia Department of Forestry, to study the provision of incentives to private landowners to hold and preserve forestland. In conducting the study, the Board is to (i) review laws and programs of other states, localities, and agencies and (ii) seek comments and recommendations from citizens, conservation groups, farm and forest landowner association representatives, and forest industry association representatives for the purpose of recommending mechanisms that will provide incentives to private landowners to maintain and preserve their forestland for the environmental and economic benefit of the Commonwealth. The Board must submit its findings and recommendations to the 2005 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043502828 pdf
- 02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 043502828-E pdf
- 03/25/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ75ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043502828
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/02/04 Senate: Assigned to Rules sub-committee: 4
- 02/13/04 Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments by voice vote
- 02/16/04 Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/04 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: WAIVE READING R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/17/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/17/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/17/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SJ75E
- 02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 043502828-E
- 02/17/04 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: WAIVE READING R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/17/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/19/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/04 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/03/04 House: Reported from Rules with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/04 House: Taken up
- 03/09/04 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/09/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/09/04 House: Agreed to by House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate
- 03/25/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ75ER)