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2005 SESSION
Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Hawkins (Chairman), Chichester, Bolling, Ticer, Whipple, Hanger, Watkins, Reynolds, Puckett, Ruff, Blevins, Deeds, Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Locke
MEETS
Mondays, 9:00 a.m. in Senate Room B.
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- HB 1499 Solid waste; exempts transportation thereof from Town of Tangier to landfill in Accomack County.
- HB 1546 Solid waste management laws; enforcement thereof.
- HB 1644 Pesticide Control Board; membership.
- HB 1646 Hunting license; persons aged 12 years or older required to carry while hunting.
- HB 1668 Game wardens; abolishes payment of salaries by Dickenson and Buchanan Counties.
- HB 1669 Deer; abolishes rifle hunting in Essex County.
- HB 1670 Hunting; abolishes unlawful rifles in Buckingham County.
- HB 1671 Firearms; prohibits person carrying on any part of highway.
- HB 1746 Apples; establishing an excise tax.
- HB 1790 Nutrient management; state governmental entities to develop and implement plan.
- HB 1827 Wildlife mounts; nonprofit organizations allowed to sale in conjunction with fundraising activities.
- HB 1832 Air Pollution Control Board; regulations for vapor recovery equipment at gasoline dispensing facili.
- HB 1890 Soil and water conservation districts; duties of directors.
- HB 1917 Hunting; clarifies carrying a gun on Sunday.
- HB 1947 Agricultural Enterprise Act of 2005; created, reports.
- HB 1971 Poultry waste management; changes phosphorus application rates.
- HB 2029 Nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species; prohibited without permit, penalty.
- HB 2031 Dams; authorizing localities to map inundation zones for those areas that might be threatened.
- HB 2073 Sewage sludge; individual may request testing, responsibility of cost.
- HB 2078 Antiquities Act; creation of position of State Archaeologist, penalty.
- HB 2085 Conservation officers; expands jurisdiction and allows mutual aid agreements.
- HB 2086 Conservation officers; change of powers.
- HB 2102 Blaze orange clothing; exempts person hunting with bow & arrow in areas where firearms prohibited.
- HB 2155 Indigenous wild birds and animals, legally taken; allows licensed auctioneers to sell parts.
- HB 2192 Landfills; distance from ground water supply and required replacement of nontidal wetlands.
- HB 2197 Sewage sludge; notification to local government before application to land.
- HB 2198 Sewage sludge; program established to train employees for testing thereof.
- HB 2200 Crossbows; license for hunting during special archery seasons, restricted fee.
- HB 2212 Natural Area Preservation Fund; addition of fees, lease proceeds, and funds accrued from preserves.
- HB 2221 Animal laws; enforcement in towns.
- HB 2273 Hunting; prohibits device/service that remote controls firearms, etc. to hunt birds, etc., penalty.
- HB 2295 Farmers; certain exempt from dairy regulations for goat cheese products.
- HB 2338 Companion animals; requirement of permit to sell, penalty.
- HB 2365 Stormwater management program; updates for Dept. of Conservation & Recreation's authorities.
- HB 2378 Wetlands board, local; members that hear cases relating to Ches. Bay Pres. ordinance to serve on.
- HB 2423 Horse Industry Board Act; created, penalty.
- HB 2440 Hazardous waste facilities; financial assuranaces therefor.
- HB 2452 Nonnative oysters; Marine Resources Comm. to allow placement on state-owned bottomlands.
- HB 2464 Stream channel restoration & relocation projects; exempt certain from requirements.
- HB 2573 Coal Mine Safety Act, and Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; changes in provisions.
- HB 2616 Dams; right of entry for inspection.
- HB 2620 Forest and forestry; transfers current regulations from Dept. of Conservation to Dept. of Forestry.
- HB 2624 Sewage sludge; localities to adopt an ordinance that requires injection into soil.
- HB 2645 Wetlands; Marine Res. Comm. updating of maps for localities, copy in land records of circuit court.
- HB 2671 Marine Resources Commission; includes all structures by riparian property owners in Potomac River.
- HB 2689 Duck blinds; allows use in certain localities and waters.
- HB 2737 Cotton; assessment increase to support education, research, and promotion of growth and use.
- HB 2777 Retail Sales and Use Tax; increased, creates Water Quality Improvement Restricted Use Fund.
- HB 2805 Sewage sludge; prohibits any person from altering composition.
- HB 2809 Menhaden fishery; Governor to issue proclamation to implement measures to manage.
- HB 2815 Saltwater recreational fishing license; person not required to obtain commercial gear license
- HB 2816 Headboat & charterboat owners; allows recreat'l fishing license to cover passengers on his boat.
- HB 2837 Weights and measures; inspections.
- HB 2862 Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; created.
- HB 2887 Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp; required for those persons hunting or taking waterfowl.
- HB 2902 Watershed improvement districts; simple majority of votes cast to pass referendum held to create.
- HB 2903 Selling of farm produce; allows farmers to sell products produced on their farms if meet conditions.
- HB 2937 Erosion & sediment control plans; allows DCR to issue special order to locality not implementing.
- SB 697 Park fees; exemption.
- SB 699 Pesticide Control Board; changes in membership.
- SB 764 Residue parcels of land; Transportation Commissioner to offer parcels to local governing bodies.
- SB 765 Animal license taxes; establishes maximum tax that localities can charge.
- SB 787 Sewage sludge; reimbursement of local monitoring of land application.
- SB 792 Tobacco Settlement Board of Trustees; executive committee, report.
- SB 809 Water Control Board; water quality standards.
- SB 810 Water Quality Improvement Fund; grants for biological nutrient removal technology.
- SB 811 Water Control Board; adopting a chlorophyll standard.
- SB 842 Highway construction; access roads and bikeways to historic sites.
- SB 909 Personal flotation devices; required for children 12 yrs. of age or younger to wear, penalty.
- SB 937 Landfills; exempts certain from payment of annual fees.
- SB 1008 Apples; establishing an excise tax.
- SB 1009 Horse Industry Board Act; created, penalty.
- SB 1056 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; broadens boundaries thereof.
- SB 1057 Abandoned vessel; reduces time before landowner, etc. may acquire title.
- SB 1061 Personal flotation devices; required for children 12 yrs. of age or younger to wear, penalty.
- SB 1083 Hunting; prohibits device/service that remote controls firearms, etc. to hunt birds, etc., penalty.
- SB 1088 Environmental Excellence Program; change of various boards' authority to approve methods.
- SB 1089 Environmental enforcement; authorizes Dept. of Environmental Quality to impose civil penalties.
- SB 1091 Coal Mine Safety Act, and Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; changes in provisions.
- SB 1103 Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department; abolished.
- SB 1141 Foundation for Natural Resources; created, report.
- SB 1150 Hunting; reporting of accidents, penalty.
- SB 1176 Solid waste; exempts transportation thereof from Town of Tangier to landfill in Accomack County.
- SB 1197 Game wardens; to have at least one on patrol during boating season at large lakes.
- SB 1202 Master Settlement Agreement; release of escrow funds to certain cigarette manufacturers.
- SB 1232 Marine Resources Commission's Marine Police; authorized to patrol federal security zones.
- SB 1240 Clean Streams Act, and Clean Streams Advisory Commission; created, report.
- SB 1248 Water resources projects; establishing coordinated process to require permits from certain.
- SB 1253 Recreational Facilities Authority; increases number of members of board of directors.
- SB 1268 Fertilizers; all products to include labels with application directions.
- SB 1275 Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; created.
- SB 1277 Erosion and Sediment Control Act; includes definition of agricultural and pasture land.
- SB 1317 Cell phones; retailer to have recycling system for acceptance and collection of used.
- SB 1331 Escrow funds; assignment of.