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House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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- HB 14 Silviculture practices; allows local government to regulate for land.
- HB 124 Farm produce; allows farmers to sell if they meet certain conditions, penalty.
- HB 150 Dogs; releasing upon or near posted land, penalty.
- HB 252 Menhaden fishery; Marine Resources Commission may adopt regulations governing.
- HB 265 Animal license taxes; establishes maximum tax that localities can charge.
- HB 278 Animal license tax; City of Newport News to impose fee on dog or cat not spayed or neutered.
- HB 318 Animal control; changes limits localities may set for uniform schedule of civil penalties.
- HB 345 Dams; enforcement of tools needed to ensure safety.
- HB 386 Dogs, dangerous and vicious; expands definition thereof.
- HB 402 Invasive Species Council; extends sunset provision.
- HB 411 Reducing nutrient discharges; sewage treatment facilities to meet nutrient loading allocation.
- HB 435 Horseshoe crabs; places a moratorium on landings and importation thereof.
- HB 556 Pesticide & fertilizer, applicator license; Dept of Agr & Consumer Serv to issue license for both.
- HB 606 Certification of animal pedigree
- HB 632 Hunting on Sunday; allows localities to authorize thereby.
- HB 654 Dogs and cats; those seized by animal control officers to board in kennels at owner's expense.
- HB 688 Sewage sludge; restrictions on land application thereof.
- HB 689 Farmers markets; exempt from restaurant requirements.
- HB 690 Sewage sludge; prohibited from being stored at site where being land applied for more thn 3 days.
- HB 711 Hunting on Sunday; allows localities to authorize thereby.
- HB 749 Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- HB 754 Landfills; allows certain to continue to accept trash.
- HB 828 Animals; prohibits person or vendor at carnival midway from giving away any live animal as prize.
- HB 858 Cruelty to animals; violence against attacking dog shall not be in violation of provisions thereto.
- HB 938 Game and Inland Fisheries; Board of; changes from a supervisory board to a policy board.
- HB 939 Game wardens; Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries given power to appoint.
- HB 979 Executive branch supervisory boards; Attorney General to meet with members to explain duties, etc.
- HB 1045 Menhaden fishing; prohibited in certain areas.
- HB 1061 Bear parts; sale thereof allowed when legally hunted.
- HB 1075 Boating safety course; required if convicted of violating boating law.
- HB 1076 Towing persons on the water; adds inflatable tube to list of devices used therefor.
- HB 1091 Animal euthanasia; use of gas chambers therefor prohibited.
- HB 1095 Pounds, shelters, & pet stores; State Vet. to inspect annually, observance of euthanasia procedure.
- HB 1130 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; changes manner in which appointments are made.
- HB 1131 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct annual audit of accounts.
- HB 1168 Pounds, shelters, and pet stores; State Veterinarian to inspect annually.
- HB 1411 Dog dealers; definition thereof.
- HB 1471 Mercury emission controls; prohibits Air Pollution Control Board from imposing.
- HB 1519 Perennial streams; certain localities to use U.S. Geological Survey's maps designating water bodies.
- HB 1532 Companion animals; abandonment, disposal, etc. thereof considered misdemeanor.
- HB 1563 Animal control officers; educational instruction.
- HB 1592 Farm produce; allows farmers to sell if they meet certain conditions, penalty.
- SB 2 Crab pot buoys and floats; regulations.
- SB 238 Land Conservation Fund; unrestricted funds to be allocated equally for certain uses.
- SB 718 Hunters for Hungry; increases big game license to be allocated thereto.