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HB 2154 Running bamboo; locality may, by ordinance, provide for control, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Running bamboo; cutting by localities; ordinance prohibiting spread; designation of certain plants as noxious weeds; civil penalties. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance requiring proper upkeep of running bamboo and prohibiting the spread of running bamboo from a landowner's property, with violations punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $50 for a first violation and not to exceed $200 for a subsequent violation within 12 months. The bill includes running bamboo in the "other foreign growth" category that current law allows localities to regulate and in some cases to cut. The bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to develop a model running bamboo ordinance and, with the Department of Forestry, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that clarifies the roles of the VDACS noxious weeds regulations and the work of the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group. Finally, the bill directs VDACS and DCR to examine the eligibility of certain plants for designation as noxious weeds. This bill is identical to SB 964.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100404D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104529D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2154ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100404D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/19/17 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104529D-H1
- 02/04/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Read second time
- 02/06/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104529D-H1
- 02/06/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
- 02/07/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/14/17 Senate: Reported from Local Government (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2154ER)
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)