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HB 1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.

Introduced by: Kaye Kory | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local ordinances; penalties. Directs localities in Tidewater Virginia to incorporate certain penalties into their ordinances protecting the quality of state waters in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Chesapeake Bay; Resource Protection Areas; tree removal. Directs the State Water Control Board, when developing criteria for use by localities in addressing Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, to require that any local ordinance addressing permitted modifications of the buffer area include specific penalties for the removal of trees from an RPA without the prior approval of the locality.