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2008 SESSION

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HB 1115 Forest protection; increases annual amount a locality pays to State Forester therefor.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Payment for forest protection.  Increases the annual amount a locality pays to the State Forester to provide forest fire protection, detection, prevention, and suppression. Beginning July 1, 2008, the amount localities will pay for such services will increase from the current five cents per acre to seven cents per acre and starting July 1, 2009, the payments will increase to nine cents per acre.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083907400  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/08  House: Printed as engrossed 083907400-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1115ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083907400
• 01/09/08  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/30/08  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  House: Read first time
• 02/01/08  House: Read second time
• 02/01/08  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/01/08  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1115E
• 02/01/08  House: Printed as engrossed 083907400-E
• 02/04/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/05/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/18/08  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  House: Enrolled
• 02/25/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1115ER)
• 02/25/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/04/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/06/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)