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HB 1279 Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission created, annual reports.

Introduced by: Clarke N. Hogan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee and the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission. Establishes the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee and the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission. The Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission is composed of 18 members, with nine members representing Virginia and nine members representing North Carolina. The Virginia delegation to the Bi-State Commission includes two members of the Senate and four members of the House of Delegates, whose districts include a portion of the Roanoke River Basin, and three members of the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory. State and federal legislators from both states, who are not appointed to the Commission, may be nonvoting, ex-officio members of the Commission. All persons appointed to the Commission must live within the Basin's watershed. The Commission has no regulatory authority. Its purposes include: (i) providing guidance and making recommendations to local, state and federal legislative and administrative bodies on the use, stewardship, and enhancement of the water and other natural resources within the Basin; (ii) providing a forum for discussion of issues affecting the Basin’s water quality, water quantity, and natural resources; (iii) promoting communication, coordination, and education among stakeholders; (iv) identifying Basin-related problems and recommending solutions; and (v) undertake studies and prepare, publish, and disseminate information through reports, and other communications, related to water quantity, water quality and other natural resources of the Basin.

The Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee is composed of the six legislative members of the Virginia delegation to the Bi-State Commission, eleven persons selected by the six legislative members from among a pool of candidates recommended by the local planning district commissions within the Roanoke River Basin, and the Virginia member of the U.S. House of Representatives, whose district includes the largest portion of the Basin. The advisory committee will advise and assist the Virginia delegation to the Bi-State Commission in performing its duties.

This bill also provides that (i) provisions pertaining to the State of North Carolina will become effective upon the enactment of comparable legislation by the North Carolina General Assembly; (ii) the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee may organize and commence its work, notwithstanding any inaction by the State of North Carolina; and (iii) the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee will assume the powers and duties of the Bi-State Commission, if the General Assembly of North Carolina fails to enact or repeals legislation creating the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission.


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