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2008 SESSION
House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Morgan (Chairman), Cox, Sherwood, Ware, R.L., Wright, Orrock, Saxman, Hogan, Scott, E.T., Marshall, D.W., Lohr, Poindexter, Pogge, Plum, Shuler, Eisenberg, Shannon, Lewis, Bulova, Vanderhye, Mathieson, Bouchard
MEETS
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., House Room C
Legislation reported out: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 5 Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for euthanizing companion animals.
- HB 114 Trap identification; permits hunters to attach an identification number to traps.
- HB 115 Submerged traps; Board may adopt regulations for trappers to visit less under specified conditions.
- HB 207 Animal pounds, local; clarifies definition.
- HB 211 Water Protection Permit; exempts landowners whose construction or maintenance may impact wetlands.
- HB 233 Dishwashing detergents; bans use of phosphorus therein for household dishwashing machines.
- HB 319 Fishing permit, special; issued to patients from veterans or military hospitals.
- HB 343 Cathode ray tubes; disposal bans.
- HB 360 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor and General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- HB 392 Stormwater ordinances; authorizes localities classified as MS4 to enact.
- HB 455 North and South Mayo Rivers; designating portions thereof in Henry County as State scenic rivers.
- HB 463 Farm wineries; list of usual and customary activities that will be permitted.
- HB 528 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; ordinance appeals.
- HB 537 Rabies vaccination certificates; exempts certain records sent to local treasurer from public access.
- HB 538 Commercial dog breeders; definition, requirements, penalty.
- HB 555 Wetlands; localities to establish and operate mitigation banks.
- HB 655 Dogs, dangerous; judicial discretion.
- HB 656 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- HB 661 Agritourism and marine tourism; activity liability.
- HB 673 Animals; clarifies several standards of welfare.
- HB 689 Combined Sewer Overflow Fund; designating funds to be deposited therein for use by certain cities.
- HB 723 Resources Authority; authorized to finance park and recreation projects.
- HB 824 Water quality information; Secretary of Natural Resources to be lead Secretary to coordinate.
- HB 837 Dam break inundation zones; localities with authority to address development.
- HB 848 Development rights program; Board of Farmland Preservation to create lease.
- HB 870 Mineral Resources, Division of; name changed to Division of Geology and Mineral Resources.
- HB 886 Bear hunting; clarifies time of day during hound training season.
- HB 999 Animals; posting of bond by owners of those abandoned or cruelly treated.
- HB 1016 Deer; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to allow killing thereof over bait.
- HB 1057 Cockfighting; imposes penalty of Class 6 felony on any person who knowingly engages in venture.
- HB 1088 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; disclosure of official records.
- HB 1115 Forest protection; increases annual amount a locality pays to State Forester therefor.
- HB 1116 Environmental impact reports; required for any major state construction project over $500,000.
- HB 1121 Weights and measures; permissible to possess for commercial purposes.
- HB 1125 Port Authority; Marine Resources Commission to grant easements and rights-of-way.
- HB 1142 Recreational Facilities Authority; delays reversion of title to real property.
- HB 1149 Recreation facilities; locality may establish trails for all-terrain vehicles, etc.
- HB 1150 Oil or gas operations; identify in permit application any cemetary located within 100 feet.
- HB 1175 Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
- HB 1206 Port Authority; police officer to provide security beyond locality where property is located.
- HB 1208 Subaqueous lands; Marine Resources Commission to convey parcels thereof.
- HB 1214 Trees, state-owned; increases minimum threshold for sales thereof from state forests.
- HB 1230 Greenhouse gas emissions; mandatory reporting.
- HB 1250 Personal flotation devices; requirements for children.
- HB 1259 Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects.
- HB 1308 Coastal primary sand dunes; authorizes additional localities to adopt ordinance.
- HB 1317 Subaqueous lands; Marine Resources Commission to convey parcels of previously filled lands.
- HB 1331 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; recodifying laws pertaining to agriculture, etc.
- HB 1332 DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related to air and water pollution.
- HB 1335 Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.
- HB 1352 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; membership.
- HB 1355 Sewage treatment plants; expanded or upgraded facility may limit amount of septage.
- HB 1361 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; duties of Director.
- HB 1372 Honey houses; repeals inspection thereof.
- HB 1380 Sewage systems; counties and towns may approve.
- HB 1396 Agritourism; Commissioner of Agriculture & Consumer Services to promote.
- HB 1424 Avian influenza; requires importer of poultry to test therefor.
- HB 1448 State park employees; Department of Conservation & Recreation to lease private residential property.
- HB 1465 Dogfighting; violations include attending such fights.
- HB 1466 Energy electric generating facilities; environmental impact of renewable.
- HB 1482 Bears; non-lethal control measures.
- HB 1525 Infectious animal diseases; scrapie regulations for goats and sheep.
- HB 1552 Erosion and sediment control plan; file specifications for stream restoration banks annually.
- HB 1576 Pruitt, William A.; awarded handgun for noteworthy service to Marine Resources Commission.
- HJ 231 Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; public participation when proposing regulations.
- SB 40 North and South Mayo Rivers; designating portions thereof in Henry County as State scenic rivers.
- SB 43 Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects.
- SB 135 Fertilizers; Board of Agriculture et al, to adopt nonagricultural application regulations.
- SB 254 Staunton River State Park; authorizes 20-foot wide easement across portion.
- SB 272 Food establishments; inspection of preparation, exception for private homes.
- SB 303 Lake Anna State Park; authorizes right-of-way easement.
- SB 321 Energy electric generating facilities; DEQ to consult with others to consider environmental impact.
- SB 378 Stormwater; Soil and Water Conservation Board to promote reuse and reclamation thereof.
- SB 413 Mining operations; permit fees to be submitted from applicants that discharge waters.
- SB 423 DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related to air and water pollution.
- SB 473 Resources Authority; authorized to finance park and recreation projects.
- SB 477 Development rights programs; State grants shall be distributed to local purchase thereof.
- SB 513 Nonpoint source pollution reduction; Governor & General Assembly to provide funding therefor.
- SB 552 Fishing license; exemptions for persons assisting disabled persons.
- SB 586 Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.
- SB 592 Animal protection and fighting; broadens penalty.
- SB 617 Apprentice hunting license; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue.
- SB 648 Motor oil, used; annual survey of individual practices.
- SB 663 Companion animals; authorizes localities to charge for the repeated impoundment thereof.
- SB 679 Forest firefighting by localities or volunteer fire or rescue; recovery of costs.
- SB 689 Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
- SB 690 Water Quality Improvement Fund; reimbursment to localities for costs of nutrient removal upgrades.
- SB 706 Hampton Roads Sanitation District; redefines term sewage disposal system.
- SB 748 Alternative fuels & air emissions; no permit modifications, etc. required under certain conditions.
- SB 765 Water safety enforcement; provide enhanced enforcement effort on Smith Mountain Lake in summer.