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1994 SESSION
HB 444 Oil drilling.
Introduced by: W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Oil drilling. Removes the prohibition on oil drilling in Tidewater Virginia. However, if the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy finds that production of commercial quantities of oil or gas in Tidewater Virginia is likely and imminent, he is required to report this fact to the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, and Natural Resources. The Secretaries are responsible for developing a joint report for the Governor, analyzing, among other factors, the environmental risks and safeguards of such an activity. No permit may be issued until (i) the Governor has reviewed the report and made his recommendations, (ii) the legislature has acted on the Governor's legislative recommendations or the legislature's own initiatives, and (iii) subsequent legislation has become effective.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/08/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD5720376 (HB444E) pdf
- 02/25/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB444ER) pdf
- 05/24/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0957) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/24/94 House: Referred to Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources
- 01/26/94 House: Reported from M. & M. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/94 House: Referred to Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
- 01/27/94 House: Assigned to C. I. T. sub-committee: 1
- 02/04/94 House: Reported from Ches. & Its Trib. w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/94 House: Read first time
- 02/08/94 House: Read second time
- 02/08/94 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/08/94 House: Amendment by Del. Murphy agreed to
- 02/08/94 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/08/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD5720376 (HB444E)
- 02/09/94 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/94 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/10/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/10/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/21/94 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/94 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/94 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB444ER)
- 03/07/94 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/94 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/20/94 House: House rejected Gov's recommendation (44-Y 50-N)
- 04/20/94 House: VOTE: REJECTED (44-Y 50-N)
- 04/20/94 House: Communicated to Governor
- 05/20/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 957 (effective 7/1/94)
- 05/24/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0957)