SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2010 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 67-300 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 67-300. Offshore energy resources.
A. In recognition of the need for energy independence, it shall
be the policy of the Commonwealth to support federal efforts to determine:
1. Determine the extent of oil and natural gas resources 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline, including appropriate federal funding for such an investigation; and
2. Permit the production and development of oil and natural gas resources 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline taking into account the impact on affected localities, the armed forces of the United States of America, and the mid-Atlantic regional spaceport.
B. The policy of the Commonwealth shall further support
the inclusion of the Atlantic Planning Areas in the Minerals Management
Service's draft environmental impact statement with respect to oil and natural
gas exploration, production, and development 50 miles or more off the
Atlantic shoreline. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a policy
statement on the executive or Congressional moratoria on production and
development of natural gas off the Atlantic shoreline.
B C. It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth
to support federal efforts to examine the feasibility of offshore wind energy
being utilized in an environmentally responsible fashion.