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2018 SESSION

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SB 766 Citizen water quality monitoring; use as evidence in enforcement actions.

Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Citizen water quality monitoring; use as evidence in enforcement actions. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to use certain results of citizen water quality testing as evidence in enforcement actions. Such evidence is currently prohibited. The bill also directs the Department to consider in some cases data collected by a citizen group, regardless of whether the data conforms to the requirements set out in the Code of Virginia.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104064D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104064D
• 01/10/18  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/01/18  Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/18  Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
• 02/07/18  Senate: Continued to 2019 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)