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2007 SESSION
SJ 401 Open-space & Farmlands; Joint Sub. Studying Funding Sources for Purchase of Development Rights.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Study; continues the joint subcommittee studying long-term funding for the purchase of development rights to preserve open-space and farmlands; report. Continues for an additional year the joint subcommittee studying long-term funding sources for the purchase of development rights to preserve open-space land and farmlands. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall review recent funding for the preservation of open-space and other conservation land; the future needs of the Commonwealth for open-space and other conservation land, including but not limited to: working farms and forests, wildlife habitat and gamelands, natural areas, parks, and historic resources; the mix of programs best suited to meet such needs, including but not limited to Purchase of Development Rights programs; the cost of such needs; and long-term funding to pay the costs. In addition, the joint subcommittee shall develop a plan for the sharing of the costs of land preservation among the Commonwealth and its local governments. Further, the joint subcommittee shall identify strategies for increasing land preservation, water supply protection and the availability of large parks to serve Northern Virginia. This resolution incorporates SJR 396 (Ticer) and is identical to HJR 692 (Cline).
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077434732 pdf
- 02/02/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 076130732-S1 pdf
- 02/14/07 House: Committee substitute printed 072696732-H1 pdf
- 02/27/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ401ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077434732
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/02/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 076130732-S1
- 02/02/07 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute by voice vote
- 02/05/07 Senate: Reading waived (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 076130732-S1
- 02/06/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ401S1
- 02/06/07 Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/06/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/09/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/14/07 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 House: Committee substitute printed 072696732-H1
- 02/16/07 House: Taken up
- 02/16/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 072696732-H1
- 02/16/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SJ401H1
- 02/16/07 House: Agreed to by House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate
- 02/21/07 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/21/07 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/22/07 Senate: Senate acceded to request
- 02/22/07 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/22/07 Senate: Senators: Hanger, Devolites Davis, Whipple
- 02/22/07 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/22/07 House: Delegates: Cline, Landes, Lewis
- 02/24/07 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/07 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 02/24/07 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate
- 02/27/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ401ER)