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HB 858 State forest activity fee; Department of Forestry to promulgate emergency regulations to establish.
Introduced by: C. Matthew Fariss | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State forest activity fee. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to promulgate emergency regulations to establish a special use permit fee for activities taking place in state forests. Until the regulations become effective, a fee not to exceed $15 shall be charged for a special use permit for five specific activities: hunting, fishing, trapping, riding bikes, and riding horses. Currently, the Department can charge a fee for these specific activities but does not have the flexibility to include other types of forest-based recreational activities. The bill would allow the Department to use the regulatory process to include additional activities authorized under the special use permit, without having to amend the statutory authorization.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102985D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB858ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102985D
- 01/08/14 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/20/14 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
- 01/22/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/14 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Read first time
- 01/31/14 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/14 House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 9-N)
- 02/03/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (86-Y 9-N)
- 02/04/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/13/14 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/14 Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/20/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB858ER)
- 02/20/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)