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2008 SESSION
Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Ticer (Chairman), Whipple, Hanger, Watkins, Reynolds, Puckett, Ruff, Blevins, Deeds, Obenshain, McDougle, McEachin, Petersen, Northam, Stuart
MEETS
Monday, 9:30 a.m., Senate Room B
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- HB 5 Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for euthanizing companion animals.
- HB 114 Trap identification; permits hunters to attach an identification number to traps.
- HB 115 Submerged traps; Board may adopt regulations for trappers to visit less under specified conditions.
- HB 119 Soil and water conservation districts; Attorney General to represent in any suits or actions.
- HB 171 Resources Authority; authorized to finance energy conservation and energy efficiency projects.
- HB 207 Animal pounds, local; clarifies definition.
- HB 211 Water Protection Permit; exempts landowners whose construction or maintenance may impact wetlands.
- HB 233 Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 343 Cathode ray tubes; disposal bans.
- HB 344 Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; adoption and implementation of recovery plan.
- HB 360 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor and General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- HB 392 Stormwater ordinances; authorizes localities classified as MS4 to enact.
- HB 455 North and South Mayo Rivers; designating portions thereof in Henry County as State scenic rivers.
- HB 528 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; ordinance appeals.
- HB 537 Rabies vaccination certificates; exempts certain records sent to local treasurer from public access.
- HB 538 Commercial dog breeders; definition, requirements, penalty.
- HB 555 Wetlands; localities to establish and operate mitigation banks.
- HB 632 Resources Authority; provisions of broadband services.
- HB 655 Dogs, dangerous; judicial discretion.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 673 Animals; clarifies several standards of welfare.
- HB 837 Dam break inundation zones; localities with authority to address development.
- HB 870 Mineral Resources, Division of; name changed to Division of Geology and Mineral Resources.
- HB 886 Bear hunting; clarifies time of day during hound training season.
- HB 999 Animals; posting of bond by owners of those abandoned or cruelly treated.
- HB 1016 Deer; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to allow killing thereof over bait.
- HB 1115 Forest protection; increases annual amount a locality pays to State Forester therefor.
- HB 1116 Environmental impact reports; required for any major state construction project over $500,000.
- HB 1121 Weights and measures; permissible to possess for commercial purposes.
- HB 1150 Oil or gas operations; identify in permit application any cemetary located within 100 feet.
- HB 1175 Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
- HB 1214 Trees, state-owned; increases minimum threshold for sales thereof from state forests.
- HB 1259 Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects.
- HB 1308 Coastal primary sand dunes; authorizes additional localities to adopt ordinance.
- HB 1331 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; recodifying laws pertaining to agriculture, etc.
- HB 1332 DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related to air and water pollution.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1372 Honey houses; repeals inspection thereof.
- HB 1424 Avian influenza; requires importer of poultry to test therefor.
- HB 1443 Energy generators; streamlined permitting process for those qualified.
- HB 1448 State park employees; Department of Conservation & Recreation to lease private residential property.
- HB 1482 Bears; non-lethal control measures.
- HB 1552 Erosion and sediment control plan; file specifications for stream restoration banks annually.
- SB 40 North and South Mayo Rivers; designating portions thereof in Henry County as State scenic rivers.
- SB 43 Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects.
- SB 135 Fertilizers; Board of Agriculture et al, to adopt nonagricultural application regulations.
- SB 234 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- SB 242 Resources Authority; authorized to finance energy conservation and energy efficiency projects.
- SB 272 Food establishments; inspection of preparation, exception for private homes.
- SB 308 Forester, State; right of entry to inspect any forest lands.
- SB 321 Energy electric generating facilities; DEQ to consult with others to consider environmental impact.
- SB 378 Stormwater; Soil and Water Conservation Board to promote reuse and reclamation thereof.
- SB 413 Mining operations; permit fees to be submitted from applicants that discharge waters.
- SB 423 DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related to air and water pollution.
- SB 470 Natural resources; provides annual funding therefor.
- SB 477 Development rights programs; State grants shall be distributed to local purchase thereof.
- SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- SB 513 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor & General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- SB 525 Uranium Mining Commission; established, report.
- SB 552 Fishing license; exemptions for persons assisting disabled persons.
- SB 586 Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.
- SB 592 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- SB 617 Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
- SB 648 Motor oil, used; annual survey of individual practices.
- SB 663 Companion animals; authorizes localities to charge for the repeated impoundment thereof.
- SB 679 Forest firefighting by localities or volunteer fire or rescue; recovery of costs.
- SB 689 Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
- SB 690 Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
- SB 706 Hampton Roads Sanitation District; redefines term sewage disposal system.
- SB 708 Urban archery season; incorporate regulations consistent with daily hunting provisions.
- SB 717 Coal combustion byproduct; use, reuse, or reclamation in a floodplain
- SB 748 Alternative fuels & air emissions; no permit modifications, etc. required under certain conditions.
- SB 765 Water safety enforcement; provide enhanced enforcement effort on Smith Mountain Lake in summer.