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2018 SESSION
HB 447 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; mature trees. Adds the preservation of mature trees, both as a stormwater management tool and as a means of providing other benefits, to the list of activities that the State Water Resources Board is directed to encourage and promote as it adopts criteria for local governments to use as they consider development in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100211D
- 01/06/18 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/24/18 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources