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2019 SESSION
SB 1479 Karst feature mitigation; authorizes any locality by ordinance to regulate.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Regulation of development in karst. Authorizes any locality by ordinance as part of the application process for rezoning property from an agricultural use to a residential use to require (i) the submission of a geological and geophysical survey; (ii) the development of a karst management plan; and (iii) a written disclosure statement to the prospective purchaser of real property and a statement on the deed and record plat that identifies the presence and locations of karst features.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102216D pdf
- 01/29/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106159D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102216D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/29/19 Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106159D-S1
- 01/31/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106159D-S1
- 02/01/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1479S1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/06/19 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/13/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Passed by indefinitely in Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N)