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HB 597 Dam safety; penalties.
Introduced by: Beverly J. Sherwood | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Dam safety; penalties. Provides the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Department of Conservation with the enforcement tools needed to ensure the safety of Virginia's dams, and includes due process procedures to protect dam owners. The Department is given the authority to monitor and inspect any alteration or construction of the dam. The bill imposes a Class 3 misdemeanor penalty on an owner who knowingly (i) operates, constructs, or alters a dam without the approval of the Department, or (ii) obstructs, hinders, or prevents the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, or its agents from performing their dam safety duties. The Board also has the option of imposing civil penalties, not to exceed $25,000, for violations of the Dam Safety Act. The moneys collected from the imposition of civil penalties will be deposited in the Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067242118 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067272504-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB597ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067242118
- 01/10/06 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/01/06 House: Reported from ACNR with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067272504-H1
- 02/02/06 House: Read first time
- 02/03/06 House: Read second time
- 02/03/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 067272504-H1
- 02/03/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB597H1
- 02/06/06 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/06/06 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/13/06 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/06 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/06 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB597ER)
- 02/20/06 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (effective 7/1/06)
- 03/27/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)