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2009 SESSION
House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Morgan (Chairman), Cox, Sherwood, Ware, R.L., Wright, Orrock, Saxman, Hogan, Scott, E.T., Marshall, D.W., Lohr, Poindexter, Pogge, Plum, Shuler, Eisenberg, Shannon, Lewis, Bulova, Vanderhye, Mathieson, Bouchard
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- HB 1595 Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority; receive and expend public funds, etc.
- HB 1609 Foxhound training preserve; establishes license for nonresidents to hunt therein for $12.
- HB 1618 Hunting permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 1623 Marine tourism activity liability; uses similar language from Agritourism Activity Liability Act.
- HB 1652 Confederate cemeteries & graves; adds Skinquarter Baptist Church Cemetery & McKenzie Cemetery.
- HB 1666 Hunting permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 1699 Biofuels; broadens Right to Farm Act to allow farmers to engage in small-scale production.
- HB 1716 Killing of bear or deer; Class 3 misdemeanor to impede someone who has obtained a kill permit.
- HB 1719 Hunting and fishing licenses; clarifies authority to revise cost of license.
- HB 1774 Tidal creeks; establishes no discharge zones for vessels operating in designated areas.
- HB 1775 Invasive species; Sec. of Natural Resources & of Agriculture & Forestry to develop management plan.
- HB 1814 Plastic bags; bans use by retailers at point of sale unless designed & manufactured for reuse.
- HB 1831 Recreational Facilities Authority; delays reversion of title to real property to State.
- HB 1836 Pesticides; schools shall permit immediate application thereof to eradicate pest infestations.
- HB 1840 Gas and Oil Act; exempts well from minimum distance limit if plan for plugging well before mining.
- HB 1847 Dove hunting; exempts persons from wearing blaze orange clothing.
- HB 1855 West Grant; conveyance of certain subaqueous lands in County of Fairfax.
- HB 1901 Cavalier Wildlife Management Area; Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to convey certain property.
- HB 1918 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
- HB 1925 Clean Water Farm Award Program; identifies type of agricultural best management practices.
- HB 1930 Certification of stormwater development property; Dept. of Conservation & Recreation to certify.
- HB 1931 Water Facilities Revolving Loan Fund; authorizes Resources Authority to provide portion of fees.
- HB 1936 Resources Authority; authorized to finance any program to perform site acquisition develop work.
- HB 1950 Hunting license; authorizes Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue at no cost if active military.
- HB 1951 Dangerous Dog Registry; authorizes use of copies of all records, etc., associated therewith.
- HB 1961 Special conservation police officers; those appointed after 10/1/09 shall have valid registration.
- HB 1973 Litter Control and Recycling Fund; limits awarding of grants to localities.
- HB 1991 Stormwater management programs; establishment by localities.
- HB 2001 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; producer of non-advanced neat biofuels eligible.
- HB 2043 Port Authority; records of allowance or reimbursement for expenses paid officer, etc., to be open.
- HB 2071 Licensed farm wineries; restrictions on activities.
- HB 2074 Wastewater treatment plant; Board to accept petition from facility subject to waste load allocation.
- HB 2102 Pittsylvania County; Board of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations.
- HB 2168 Stormwater offsets; authorizes permit-issuing authorities to allow permit holders to comply.
- HB 2177 Rechargeable battery recycling; authorizes localities to ban disposal of certain.
- HB 2190 Archery and muzzleloading license; established special lifetime license for disabled residents.
- HB 2202 Greenhouse gas emissions; State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulation requiring reporting.
- HB 2213 Baylor Grounds; removes Marine Resources authority to grant easement for natural gas pipeline.
- HB 2218 Soil and water conservation district directors; notice of election.
- HB 2220 Animal control officers; localities may raise cap on salaries.
- HB 2223 Recreational saltwater license; authorizes Resources Commission to charge nonresidents higher fee.
- HB 2241 Detector canine handler & examiner; Dept. of Criminal Justice Service to provide partial exemption.
- HB 2242 Accident reports by watercraft passengers; person 16 years of age or older required to give notice.
- HB 2248 Marine Resources Commission; Commissioner to establish permanent office on Virginia Peninsula.
- HB 2255 Solid waste disclosure statements; eliminates requirement applicants provide social security number.
- HB 2256 Fixed fishing devices; Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that set distance between.
- HB 2263 Animal control officers; moves oversight & governance thereof to Dept. of Criminal Justice Services.
- HB 2281 Wildlife Violator Compact; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations.
- HB 2282 Hunting deer; allows .223 and .22-250 caliber rifles to be used therefor.
- HB 2283 Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission; replaces one of three commissioners.
- HB 2321 Dangerous dog; court may order owner to pay to any injured person costs of medical care.
- HB 2323 Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority/Vint Hill; wastewater treatment facility.
- HB 2345 Animal laws; correct error in 2008 recodification of Title 3.1 to allow town to adopt by reference.
- HB 2351 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; Dept. of Conservation, etc., to provide annual funding needed.
- HB 2364 Dangerous or vicious dog; court may order owner to pay restitution for damages to injured person.
- HB 2377 Animals as prizes and gifts; Class 3 misdemeanor to raffle, give away, offer for sale as novelty.
- HB 2412 Subaqueous lands; Marine Resources Commission sell and convey certain parcels to City of Va. Beach.
- HB 2413 Craney Island Disposal Area; constructing marine terminal with dredge material is authorized.
- HB 2419 Fossil fuel; requires solid waste permit when using unamended coal combustion waste as land cover.
- HB 2469 Waste Management Board; permit issuance process.
- HB 2484 Duty of care; owners of privately owned airports, etc. used to operate aircraft exempt therefrom.
- HB 2507 Fishing licenses; Marine Resources Commission to issue refunds on prorated basis.
- HB 2518 Royalty payments from gas or oil drilling; property owners whose interest has been force-pooled.
- HB 2540 Resources Authority; additional powers.
- HB 2558 Biosolids permit; if amended to increase acreage by 50% more than initial permit give public notice.
- HB 2565 Farmland Preservation, Office of; to provide technical assistance to local governments interested.
- HB 2566 Purchase of land by Department of Forestry; used for nonstate forest purposes.
- HB 2586 Sandbridge Beach Subdivision; Board to determine which structures, etc., are in imminent danger.
- HB 2591 Sewage sludge; DEQ to collect samples during unannounced inspection of land where biosolids applied.
- HB 2598 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; purchasing certain abandoned railroad rights-of-way.
- HB 2602 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; power to establish non-competitively procured contracts.
- HB 2606 Farm wineries; county operating under urban county executive form of government to impose limits.
- HB 2636 Hunting and fishing; special license for youth groups.
- HB 2646 Betterment loans; established, eligibility therefor to repair, etc., failing onsite sewage systems.
- HB 2649 Recycling reports; a solid waste planning unit shall not be required to submit until July 1, 2012.
- HB 2669 Humane investigators; allows new appointments.
- HJ 621 Ethanol production; requests U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to grant temporary waiver.
- HJ 627 Children's life jacket requirements; Game & Inland Fisheries to consult boating community regarding.
- HJ 661 Feral cats; Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services to convene workgroup to address issues.
- HJ 689 Public's use of state waters; Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries and Marine Resources to clarify.
- SB 865 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
- SB 871 Health, Department of; relieves Department of its responsibility of certain reports.
- SB 930 Waste Management Plan; requires Department of Environmental Quality to prepare.
- SB 957 Rivanna Scenic River; expands to include length of waterway from South Fork Rivanna River reservoir.
- SB 975 Subdivision roadways; conveys through quitclaim any interest of Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.
- SB 989 Resources Authority; authorized to finance projects of local government buildings.
- SB 1022 Wastewater treatment plants; State Water Control Board to accept petitions relating therto.
- SB 1024 Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; removes requirement to have additional local coholder.
- SB 1026 Nonprofit corporation; authorizes Foundation for Natural Resources to establish.
- SB 1033 Licensed farm wineries; restrictions on activities.
- SB 1087 Marine Resources Commission; membership.
- SB 1111 Crab season; Marine Resources Commission to establish periods of time when crabs caught for resale.
- SB 1114 Stormwater management; emerging technology.
- SB 1115 Land Conservation Fund; public access parkland.
- SB 1145 Greenhouse gas emissions; State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulation requiring reporting.
- SB 1186 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; producer of non-advanced neat biofuels may receive.
- SB 1198 State parks; establishes a Disabled Veterans Passport for disabled persons for free entry, etc.
- SB 1204 Royalty payments from gas or oil drilling; property owners whose interest has been force-pooled.
- SB 1211 Invasive species; Sec. of Nat. Resources, etc., to develop a plan to prevent introduction thereof.
- SB 1286 Health, Department of; extends sunset provision for certain certificates of free sale.
- SB 1295 Silvicultural activities; State Forester to inspect land to determine if activity causing pollution.
- SB 1350 Marine Resources Commission; authority to lease subaqueous lands for generating electrical energy.
- SB 1361 State park funds; transfers all moneys in State Park Operated Concessions Fund to Conservation Fund.
- SB 1371 Land exchange; exchange of parcels of land between Departments of Conservation & Rec. & Forestry.
- SB 1460 Replacement of water by gas well operators; replace water supply contaminated, etc. by an operation.
- SB 1473 Forestry permits; State Forester require person who fishes, rides mountain bikes, etc., to obtain.
- SB 1476 Resources Authority; authorized to finance any program to perform site acquisition develop work.
- SB 1509 Residential onsite sewage systems; replacement or modifications thereof to include nitrogen removal.
- SB 1515 Wildlife; authorizes issuance of kill permit to an airport operator if finds creating a hazard.
- SJ 397 Saltwater anglers; Marine Resources Commission to examine creation of comprehensive registry.