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2006 SESSION
Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Hawkins (Chairman), Chichester, Ticer, Whipple, Hanger, Watkins, Reynolds, Puckett, Ruff, Blevins, Deeds, Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Locke, McDougle
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Mondays, 9:00 a.m. in Senate Room B.
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- HB 5 Trout fishing; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue special permits for handicapped.
- HB 47 Douthat State Park; pilot program repealed.
- HB 104 Meherrin River; portion in Brunswick County designated as state scenic river.
- HB 153 Halal food; regulation of sale, penalty.
- HB 172 Wildlife diseases; control thereof.
- HB 260 Hunting or trapping in state forests; increases fees to obtain permit.
- HB 339 Dogs and cats; licensed vets to collect license fee and provide receipt when admin. rabies vacine.
- HB 340 Dogs; regulation of those that may be dangerous.
- HB 362 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; duties thereof.
- HB 421 Solid waste management permits; need certification for locality where facility located.
- HB 447 Mercury switches in motor vehicles; requires removal prior to their demolition.
- HB 448 Litter control and recycling; increase percentage of grants awarded to localities.
- HB 552 Regional water supply plans; allows town to enter into with an adjacent county.
- HB 554 Landfills; DEQ to develop policies & procedures to allow burning of vegetative waste.
- HB 574 Youth trapping license; created.
- HB 575 Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.
- HB 596 Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; Fund includes dam safety, report.
- HB 597 Dam safety; penalties.
- HB 647 Solid waste management plans; units to maintain recycling and target rates.
- HB 651 Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act; gives authority to accept federal grant money.
- HB 652 Oyster tax; revenues to be deposited into Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
- HB 684 Erosion & Sediment Control & Stormwater Management Acts; clarifies acceptable flow rates.
- HB 870 Boating safety course; required if convicted of violating boating law.
- HB 980 Master Settlement Agreement; assignment of escrow funds to nonparticipating manufacturer.
- HB 981 Wildlife and fish restoration; Department of Game & Inland Fisheries to accept federal grant money.
- HB 982 Avian influenza; regulations to prevent & control in commercial and noncommercial poultry.
- HB 983 Animal or animal products; compensation for those destroyed to control disease outbreak.
- HB 1039 Dogs; penalty when recklessly controlling or handling.
- HB 1055 Air emissions control; Department of Environment Quality shall promulgate regulations.
- HB 1133 Consumer products; retailers allowed to sell existing inventories thereof.
- HB 1134 Sludge Management Permit Fee Fund; Bd. of Health to promulgate regulations for deposits therein.
- HB 1150 Chesapeake Bay and Waters Clean-up and Oversight Act; created.
- HB 1185 Water Protection Permits; regulation of agricultural withdrawals.
- HB 1277 Tobacco products manufacturers; requires certain sales reports to be filed directly with Atty Gen.
- HB 1291 Landmarks, historic; term includes wide range of resources such as buildings, structures, etc.
- HB 1443 Emergency response plans; operators shall develop plan for underground coal mines.
- HB 1454 Wetlands and stream restoration; companies to file erosion & sediment control specifications.
- HB 1457 Impaired waters; Water Control Board to evaluate attainability of meeting water quality standards.
- SB 2 Crab pot buoys and floats; regulations.
- SB 12 Trout fishing; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue special permits for handicapped.
- SB 38 Agritourism Activity Liability; created.
- SB 55 Companion animal dealers; annual business license to obtained to sell or to advertise for sale.
- SB 57 Solid waste management plans; units to maintain recycling and target rates.
- SB 82 Solid waste containers; requirements for containers carrying nonhazardous waste on State waters.
- SB 83 Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.
- SB 84 Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- SB 101 Beekeeping; persons with 50 or fewer hives not required to process honey in certified establishment.
- SB 106 Waste discharge permits; consent of local governing body required before Water Control Board issues.
- SB 200 Dogs; regulation of those that may be dangerous.
- SB 232 Animal abuse; person who reports information protected from retaliation by pet shop, kennel, etc.
- SB 234 Fertilizer, specialty; label required for proper use and precautionary statements.
- SB 238 Land Conservation Fund; unrestricted funds to be allocated equally for certain uses.
- SB 242 Clean Smokestack Act; phased schedule for electric generating units to reduce emissions.
- SB 274 Stormwater management program; certain localities required to adopt thereto.
- SB 349 Halal and kosher food; regulation of sale, penalty.
- SB 354 Labeling of foods; identification as kosher or halal, penalty.
- SB 387 Deer hunting; changes in provisions.
- SB 409 Land Conservation Foundation; authorized to award moneys from Fund for purchases.
- SB 415 Burning of woods, etc.; extends period in which prescribed material can occur.
- SB 419 Farmland and forestland plans; directs state agencies to submit annually.
- SB 462 State-owned properties; state agencies to identify & maintain historic resources, report.
- SB 491 Dogs; penalty when recklessly controlling or handling.
- SB 513 Coalbed methane well-pooling orders; interests in drilling units, conflicting claims.
- SB 527 Meherrin River; portion in Brunswick County designated as state scenic river.
- SB 528 Boating; requires safety course and sets maximum speed limit for Smith Mountain Lake.
- SB 537 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; membership.
- SB 564 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; duties thereof.
- SB 574 Immature animals; prohibits giving away if under two months old in quantities of less than six.
- SB 594 Fertilizers; regulation therof.
- SB 624 Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; Fund includes dam safety, report.
- SB 626 Water Quality Improvement Fund; revenues from lodging shall be deposited thereof.
- SB 634 Subaqueous permits; additional platform to serve as water-dependent use.
- SB 644 Water Quality Improvement Fund; disbursement of grant moneys.
- SB 651 Air emissions control; Department of Environmental Quality shall promulgate regulations.
- SB 718 Hunters for Hungry; increases big game license to be allocated thereto.