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HB 3113 Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of various boards, increase of authority.
Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Environmental Quality. Consolidates the State Air Pollution Control Board, the State Water Control Board, and the Waste Management Board into one eleven-member citizen board--the Virginia Board of Environmental Quality--with the authority to adopt regulations, including general permit regulations. All other responsibilities of the existing boards, including the authority to issue licenses and permits, shall be transferred to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department will hold public meetings for the presentation of staff recommendations on major permitting decisions. A citizen appeals board is established and granted the authority to hear appeals on decisions of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and to recommend reconsideration by the Director. The bill includes a "re-enactment clause" that requires the General Assembly of 2008 to reaffirm the legislation and delays the effective date until July 1, 2008. This bill is identical to SB 1403.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/07 House: Presented and ordered printed 070979376 pdf
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070992376-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB3113ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/18/07 House: Presented and ordered printed 070979376
- 01/18/07 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/03/07 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070992376-H1
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070992376-H1
- 02/05/07 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB3113H1
- 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 30-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/12/07 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/14/07 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/14/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/15/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/07 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (73-Y 23-N)
- 02/16/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (73-Y 23-N)
- 03/12/07 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB3113ER)
- 03/12/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/07 Governor: Governor's Communication
- 03/26/07 House: Bill became law without Governor's signature, Chapter 838 (effective - see bill)
- 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)