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2020 SESSION
HB 875 Grass; local ordinance on cutting.
Introduced by: Ronnie R. Campbell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Local ordinance on grass cutting. Authorizes a locality located in Planning District 6 to enforce on residential land of one acre or less in an area zoned for agricultural use an ordinance requiring owners of property to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on such property. Current law prohibits such an ordinance from applying to land zoned for or in active farming operation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104054D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20104054D-E pdf
- 02/21/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB875ER) pdf
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104054D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/21/20 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
- 01/23/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB875E
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20104054D-E
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB875ER)
- 02/21/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- 02/26/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)