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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1836 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources on February 16, 2021) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Plum) A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-215 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Secretary of Natural Resources.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2.2-215 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2-215. Position established; agencies for which responsible.

The position of Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) is created. The Secretary shall serve as the Chief Resilience Officer for the purposes of duties required pursuant to § 2.2-222.4, and shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Historic Resources, Marine Resources Commission, Department of Wildlife Resources, Virginia Museum of Natural History, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The Governor may, by executive order, assign any state executive agency to the Secretary of Natural Resources, or reassign any agency listed in this section to another Secretary.