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2011 SESSION
SB 1119 Permit compliance; Department of Environmental Quality increases limit of civil penalty issued.
Introduced by: A. Donald McEachin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Environmental Quality; permit compliance; civil penalty procedures. Increases the limit of a civil penalty issued by a special order of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality from $10,000 to $10,000 for an initial violation, $15,000 for a second violation of the same provision, or $30,000 for a third or subsequent violation of the same provision. The Department may issue a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 after providing reasonable notice of the civil penalty in writing and allowing for an informal fact finding proceeding upon request. Additionally, the Department of Environmental Quality is required to develop guidance to improve communication and coordination between the Department of Environmental Quality and local governments regarding landfills, other than captive industrial landfills, including the issuance of permits.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103608D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11105167D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105442D-H1 pdf
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1119ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103608D
- 01/11/11 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/07/11 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11105167D-S1
- 02/08/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/11 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/11 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 11105167D-S1
- 02/08/11 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1119S1
- 02/08/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/11 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/11 House: Read first time
- 02/09/11 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/16/11 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (10-Y 11-N)
- 02/18/11 House: Reconsidered by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/18/11 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 7-N)
- 02/18/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105442D-H1
- 02/22/11 House: Read second time
- 02/23/11 House: Read third time
- 02/23/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11105442D-H1
- 02/23/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1119H1
- 02/23/11 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/11 House: Read third time
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House with substitute (62-Y 37-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 37-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: Title replaced 11105442D-H1
- 03/03/11 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1119ER)
- 03/03/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/11 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/05/11 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/06/11 Senate: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
- 04/06/11 Senate: Motion to reconsider vote to pass in enrolled form agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N)
- 04/06/11 Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
- 04/06/11 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto