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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 642 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 14, 2015 Requesting the Department of Transportation to study recurrent flooding from outfall ditches. Report. ---------- Patrons-- Hodges; Senators: Lewis and Norment ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

WHEREAS, recurrent flooding and adequate drainage across the lower portions of the Virginia coastal zone have become extremely problematic; and

WHEREAS, both public roadside ditch infrastructure and the interconnected private ditch system have catastrophically failed, causing losses to both private property and public infrastructure; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Department of Transportation be requested to study recurrent flooding from outfall ditches.

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Department of Transportation for this study, upon request.

The Department of Transportation shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2015, and shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations for publication as a House or Senate document. The executive summary and report shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports no later than the first day of the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.