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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1-18.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1-18.6. Certain agencies to prepare plans for implementation of policy; Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry responsibilities.
Each of the following agencies shall prepare a plan for the implementation of the policies set forth in this chapter:
1. Department of Transportation;
2. Department of Health;
3. Department of Conservation and Recreation;
4. State Corporation Commission;
5. Department of Environmental Quality.
The plan shall contain an analysis of the impact which the
agency's regulations and projects have on the conversion of farm and forest lands.
The plan shall be updated and submitted to the Secretary of Commerce and
Trade Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Natural
Resources annually. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade Agriculture
and Forestry shall review the plan in consultation with the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Consumer Services and the State Forester, and may recommend
improvements to the plan. The Secretary of Commerce and Trade Agriculture
and Forestry shall submit a written report by December 1 of each year to
the chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural
Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural
Resources on the impacts of state agency actions on the conversion of farm and
forest lands.