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2009 SESSION
House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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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 378 Golden Age Card Program; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.
- HB 1533 Television Waste Recycling Act; established.
- HB 1548 Landfills; prohibits those publicly owned from accepting construction and demolition debris.
- HB 1567 Nutrient management training; voluntary program for commercial providers of lawn care, etc.
- 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 1814 Plastic bags; bans use by retailers at point of sale unless designed & manufactured for reuse.
- HB 1840 Gas and Oil Act; exempts well from minimum distance limit if plan for plugging well before mining.
- HB 1855 West Grant; conveyance of certain subaqueous lands in County of Fairfax.
- HB 1950 Hunting license; authorizes Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue at no cost if active military.
- 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 2220 Animal control officers; localities may raise cap on salaries.
- HB 2242 Accident reports by watercraft passengers; person 16 years of age or older required to give notice.
- HB 2263 Animal control officers; moves oversight & governance thereof to Dept. of Criminal Justice Services.
- HB 2282 Hunting deer; allows .223 and .22-250 caliber rifles to be used therefor.
- 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 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 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 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 2606 Farm wineries; county operating under urban county executive form of government to impose limits.
- 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.
- SB 308 Forester, State; right of entry to inspect any forest lands.
- SB 1087 Marine Resources Commission; membership.
- SB 1115 Land Conservation Fund; public access parkland.
- SB 1145 Greenhouse gas emissions; State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulation requiring reporting.
- SB 1204 Royalty payments from gas or oil drilling; property owners whose interest has been force-pooled.