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2008 SESSION
SB 511 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Natural resources funding. Establishes the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The Fund would be capitalized with appropriated funds and moneys from public and private sources. Beginning July 1, 2008, and for the next 10 years moneys in the Fund would be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural lands exclusively in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and 38 percent of the moneys would be used for all other lands in the Commonwealth. Five percent of the moneys would be allocated to soil and water conservation districts. This bill is identical to HB 1335 (Landes).
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084336352 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 082947352-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/08 House: Committee substitute printed 082596696-H1 pdf
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084336352
- 01/09/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/21/08 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/08 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/07/08 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 082947352-S1
- 02/11/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/12/08 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/12/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 082947352-S1
- 02/12/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB511S1
- 02/12/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/08 House: Read first time
- 02/14/08 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/19/08 House: Assigned App. sub: Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources(Cox)
- 02/27/08 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/08 House: Committee substitute printed 082596696-H1
- 02/29/08 House: Read second time
- 03/03/08 House: Read third time
- 03/03/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 082596696-H1
- 03/03/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB511H1
- 03/03/08 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER)
- 03/08/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)