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House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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- HB 644 Equine dentistry; provides exception from practice of veterinary medicine for practice thereof.
- HB 872 Boating safety course; must complete to operate motorboat or personal wathercraft, penalty.
- HB 1078 Motorboats; sets maximun speed limit on Smith Mountain Lake.
- HB 1496 Nontidal wetlands permits; eliminates requirement to obtain permits from state & federal government.
- HB 1624 Menhaden; limits on amount harvested annually.
- HB 1639 Hunting on Sundays; allows hunting thereon.
- HB 1713 Resources Authority; expands projects that can be financed to include land conserv. & preservation.
- HB 1736 Litter Awareness Fund; created.
- HB 1786 Solid waste; nonprofit organization to receive proceeds from civil action brought for improper disp.
- HB 1849 Agri-tourism Incentives Act; created.
- HB 1853 Sterilization; mandatory requirements for dog and cat dealers.
- HB 1945 Solid waste; disposal fee.
- HB 1959 Cats and dogs; increase of license fee.
- HB 1990 National Animal Identification System; prohibits Dept. of Agriculture etc. from participating there.
- HB 2018 Hunting license fees; Board of Game & Inland Fisheries authority to revise nonresident license fees.
- HB 2079 Sewage sludge; regulation and management of land application thereof.
- HB 2081 Cruelty to animals; Class 6 felony for any person to willfully & unnecessarily cause death thereof.
- HB 2085 Petroleum Storage Tank Fund; reports submitted by professionally certified engineer, geologist, etc.
- HB 2098 Tethering of animals; certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
- HB 2100 Cats and dogs; license fee on those who have not been spayed or neutered.
- HB 2242 Dogs; Class 3 misdemeanor to tether, fasten, etc. to stationary object.
- HB 2247 Biofuels Incentive Grant Program; lowers eligibility requirement of volume of biofuels.
- HB 2250 Exemption from licensing; exempts siblings of landowner from obtaining any hunting, etc. license.
- HB 2295 Rabies vaccinations; surcharge thereon.
- HB 2303 Hunting on Sundays; allows landowners and persons who have written permission of landowner.
- HB 2359 Southeastern Public Service Authority; withdrawal of member locality.
- HB 2360 Southeastern Public Service Authority; commission to investigate acceptance of out-of-area waste.
- HB 2373 Motorboats; sets maximum speed limit on Smith Mountain Lake.
- HB 2374 Boating safety education; must complete to operate motorboat or personal watercraft, penalty.
- HB 2384 Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; created.
- HB 2412 Animals; euthanizing by use of gas chambers prohibited.
- HB 2663 Pesticides and fertilizers; prohibits providers of lawn care services from applying to streets, etc.
- HB 2801 Sewage sludge; requires local government certify that site thereof in compliance with ordinances.
- HB 2878 Air pollution; methods to determine opacity.
- HB 2896 Agriculture & Consumer Services, Commissioner of; century farm not subject to eminent domain.
- HB 2897 Mine safety; mine operators to maintain motorized transport at working face of mine.
- HB 2938 Potomac River; restores jurisdictional provision of Maryland-Virginia Compact.
- HB 3004 Animals; euthanizing by use of gas chambers prohibited.
- HB 3081 Power generation facilities; notification of increased operation.
- HB 3088 Discharges into Levisa Fork; prescribes size of mixing zone for discharge of salty mine water.
- HB 3091 Companion animals; exempts occasional breeder, etc., from being treated as dealer.
- HB 3136 Sewage sludge; prohibits land application thereof.
- HB 3147 Cats and dogs; evidence by owner of inoculation or vaccination of rabies.
- HB 3169 Hunting and fishing license, lifetime; allows resident disabled veterans to purchase.
- HB 3170 Sewage sludge; person seeking permit to apply to land to identify specific sites it will be applied.
- HB 3195 Companion animals; requires certain permits for dealers thereof.
- HJ 567 SOL; Department of Education to include standards regarding instruction on animal safety, etc..
- SB 528 Boating; requires safety course and sets maximum speed limit for Smith Mountain Lake.
- SJ 375 Humane Treatment for Companion Animals Education Week; designating as first week in February 2007.