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2008 SESSION
SB 679 Forest firefighting by localities or volunteer fire or rescue; recovery of costs.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Recovery of fire fighting costs by localities. Allows a locality to collect the costs for fighting or extinguishing a fire if the fire was set intentionally and the person who set the fire failed to attempt to prevent the fire from escaping. Further states that any such person shall be liable for the full amount incurred by the locality and any volunteer fire or rescue squad for fighting or extinguishing the fire and any reasonable administrative costs expended to collect such expenses. Also allows a locality to recover costs, up to $750, from a minor's parents for any fire suppression that is the result of malicious or willful conduct on the part of the minor. The Department of Forestry already has the authority to collect costs expended by the Commonwealth in such circumstances.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/08 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 088737316 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 088737316-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/08 House: Committee substitute printed 089600316-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB679ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/08 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 088737316
- 01/14/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/04/08 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/06/08 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB679E
- 02/06/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 088737316-E
- 02/07/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/08 House: Read first time
- 02/12/08 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/27/08 House: Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 02/27/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/29/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/08 House: Committee substitute printed 089600316-H1
- 03/04/08 House: Read second time
- 03/05/08 House: Read third time
- 03/05/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 089600316-H1
- 03/05/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB679H1
- 03/05/08 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 34-N)
- 03/06/08 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/06/08 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senators: Reynolds, Deeds, Puckett
- 03/06/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/08 House: Delegates: Cline, Fralin, Johnson
- 03/08/08 House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/08/08 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB679ER)
- 03/24/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)