Feburary 23, 2004

The following is an update of general assembly activity since our February 9th Waste Management Bulletin.

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HB 55 Solid waste vehicles; cargo areas to be covered.
Patron - Harvey B. Morgan (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Vehicle load covers. Requires the cargo areas of vehicles used to transport solid waste to be covered, whether loaded or not.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/04/03 042230428
02/12/04 House: Committee substitute printed 048276428-H1

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/04/03 042230428
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/19/04 House: Assigned to Tra. sub-committee: 3
02/12/04 House: Committee substitute printed 048276428-H1
02/12/04 House: Reported from Tra. w/sub (21-Y 1-N)
02/13/04 House: Read first time
02/14/04 House: Read second time
02/14/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 048276428-H1
02/14/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB55H1
02/16/04 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
02/16/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 4-N)
02/16/04 House: Communicated to Senate
02/17/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/17/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation

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HB 113 Electric generating facilities; to meet emissions reductions in severe nonattainment areas.
Patron - Marian Van Landingham (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Severe nonattainment areas. Directs any electric generating facility in a severe nonattainment area to meet the following emission reduction requirements no later than January 1, 2009: (i) reduce aggregate sulfur dioxide emissions by at least 75 percent from levels allowed under full implementation of the federal Clean Air Act Phase II sulfur dioxide requirements, and (ii) reduce aggregate nitrogen oxide emissions by at least 75 percent from the facility's 1997 levels. Also, this bill prohibits any electric generating facility from operating after January 1, 2009, unless it has complied with such emission reduction requirements or entered into a consent decree with the State Air Pollution Control Board, agreeing to cease operations by 2014.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/22/03 047791528 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/22/03 047791528
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
01/28/04 House: Continued to 2005 in A., C. & N. R. (22-Y 0-N)

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HB 639 Landfills; siting in Appomattox County.
Patron - Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Siting of landfills. Authorizes Appomattox County to construct a landfill closer to an existing public water supply intake or reservoir than is allowed by law, if the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality finds that the distance would not be detrimental to human health and the environment. The bill also provides that a new landfill in Appomattox can be sited in a wetland. Under current law, a landfill cannot be within five miles upgradient of any water supply intake or reservoir and cannot impact 1.25 acres or more of wetlands.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043840200 (impact statement)
02/13/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043840200-E (impact statement)

Amendments:
House amendments
House amendments rejected

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043840200
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/11/04 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/amendment (14-Y 7-N)
02/12/04 House: Read first time
02/13/04 House: Read second time
02/13/04 House: Committee amendment rejected
02/13/04 House: Amendments by Del. Abbitt agreed to
02/13/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB639E
02/13/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043840200-E
02/14/04 House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 1-A)
02/14/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 24-N 1-A)
02/14/04 House: Communicated to Senate
02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/16/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.

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HB 693 Natural and Historic Resources Fund and Commission; created, report.
Patron - Harvey B. Morgan (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund. Creates the Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund. This permanent, nonreverting fund will consist of moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly and any other public or private moneys. The moneys in the Fund will be allocated by the Secretary of Natural Resources to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund and the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. The bill establishes the seven-member Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund Commission, which is to provide recommendations to the Secretary regarding the allocation of moneys in the Fund. The Secretary is the chairman of the Commission. The six citizen members will be individuals who have experience or expertise in the areas of natural and historic resource conservation and protection. Under the legislation, a $10 fee is assessed on various deeds for which the state recordation tax is collected and on the recordation of a certificate of satisfaction.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043854118 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043854118
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/11/04 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (11-Y 10-N)
02/11/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/13/04 House: Left in Appropriations (24-Y 1-N)

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HB 713 Hazardous waste; temporary storage.
Patron - G. Glenn Oder (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Temporary storage of hazardous waste. Allows localities and state agencies to temporarily store household hazardous waste and hazardous waste from small quantity generators if it is done in accordance with (i) a permit to store, treat, or dispose of hazardous waste, or (ii) a permit to transport hazardous waste.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046418444 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046418444
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
01/21/04 House: Reported from Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res. (22-Y 0-N)
01/22/04 House: Read first time
01/23/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
01/26/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
01/26/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
01/26/04 House: Communicated to Senate
01/27/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
01/27/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.

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HB 728 Solid waste; transportation by nonhazardous waste barges, fee.
Patron - Robert G. Marshall (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Nonhazardous waste barges. Authorizes the Virginia Waste Management Board to establish a fee of $7.50 on each ton of nonhazardous solid waste transported by barge or other vessel carrying, loading or off-loading waste on Virginia waters. The bill also prescribes the test that shall be used to certify that the containers holding the waste are watertight, leak-proof, and designed, constructed and maintained to prevent the loss or spillage of waste or leachate during transport, normal handling or in the event of an accident.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043102396

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043102396
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/11/04 House: Tabled in Agri., Chesapeake and Natural Res. (21-Y 0-N)

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HB 1168 Landfills; prohibits construction near residential areas.
Patron - Jeffrey M. Frederick (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Landfill siting requirements. Prohibits any landfill from being constructed within a one-half mile radius of any area zoned as residential.

Full text:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047215303 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047215303
01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/04/04 House: Tabled in Agri., Chesapeake and Natural Res. (21-Y 1-N)

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HB 1350 Waste and water permits; fees.
Patron - Robert D. Orrock, Sr. (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Waste and water permit fees. Maintains the caps on the fee amounts that can be charged for various categories of water permits established in 2002. The cap amount for an individual 401 Certification/Virginia Protection Permit, which was $9,000, is now broken down into two types of individual permits: a wetlands permit with a cap of $2,200 per acre of permit and a minimum instream flow permit with a cap of $35,000. These caps on permit fees can be adjusted by the State Water Control Board annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. In addition to the one-time permit application fee, there are amounts established for an annual fee to be paid by holders of major industrial ($2,500), minor industrial ($1,000), various categories of municipal ($300-$1,500) Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination permits, and Virginia Pollution Abatement permits ($800). The bill also authorizes the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board to set permit application fees for new major stationary sources by regulation. The fee amounts are to reflect the time required to review applications for permits from new air pollution sources.

Full text:
01/22/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 043869448

Status:
01/22/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 043869448
01/22/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/11/04 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (16-Y 5-N)
02/11/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043888448-H1
02/12/04 House: Read first time
02/13/04 House: Read second time
02/13/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 043888448-H1
02/13/04 House: Amendment by Del. Orrock agreed to
02/13/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute w/amd. HB1350EH1
02/13/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043888448-EH1
02/14/04 House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N)
02/14/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 24-N)
02/14/04 House: Rec. of passage agreed to by House
02/14/04 House: Passed House (70-Y 29-N)
02/14/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (70-Y 29-N)
02/14/04 House: Communicated to Senate
02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/16/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.

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HB 1462 Solid waste; per ton fees for disposal.
Patron - James H. Dillard, II (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Solid waste disposal fees. Establishes a $5 per ton municipal solid waste disposal fee to be collected by localities in which the municipal solid waste landfills are located. This bill directs the host localities to retain 50 percent of the moneys collected for the abatement of pollution caused by landfills or the improper management of waste, groundwater monitoring and cleanup, litter control, recycling, or for other waste-related purposes, including, solid waste management operating fees. This bill also directs the host localities to remit 50 percent of all moneys collected to the Commonwealth to be deposited into the Landfill Cleanup and Closure Fund, the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund, and the Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.

Full text:
01/23/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 049553384

Status:
01/23/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 049553384
01/23/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.
02/11/04 House: Continued to 2005 in A., C. & N. R. (21-Y 0-N)

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HJ 247 Municipal solid waste; urging Congress to enact legislation to regulate importation thereof.
Patron - Allen L. Louderback (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Importing municipal solid waste. Memorializes Congress to enact the State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003, which gives state and local governments the authority to regulate the importation of solid waste into their jurisdictions.

Full text:
01/19/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 047907384
02/06/04 House: Printed as engrossed 047907384-E

Amendments:
House amendments

Status:
01/19/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 047907384
01/19/04 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/04/04 House: Reported from Rules with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 House: Taken up
02/06/04 House: Committee amendment agreed to
02/06/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HJ247E
02/06/04 House: Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 House: Printed as engrossed 047907384-E
02/06/04 House: Communicated to Senate
02/09/04 Senate: Reading waived
02/09/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules

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SB 3 Special funds; abolishes those that are dormant and their associated programs.
Patron - Stephen H. Martin (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Dormant special funds. Repeals certain dormant special funds, and the associated program, if no appropriation is made to the associated program by July 1, 2004. This bill repeals the Blue Ridge Economic Development Revolving Fund, the Alternative Water Supply Assistance Fund, the Workforce Development Training Fund, the Advantage Virginia Incentive Fund, Program, and Foundation, the Reading Incentive Grants Fund and Program, the Virginia Educational Excellence Incentive Reward Fund and Program, the Families in Education Incentive Grants Fund and Program, the Community-Based Intervention Program for Suspended and Expelled Students and its special fund, the Artists in the Classroom Grants Fund and Program, the Virginia Undergraduate Career and Technical Incentive Scholarship Fund and Program, the Higher Education Incentive Fund, the Information Technology Employment Performance Grant Fund and Program, and the Landfill Cleanup and Closure Fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Operations, Practices, Duties, and Funding of the Commonwealth's Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Other Governmental Entities pursuant to HJR 159 (2002).

Full text:
01/09/04 Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 044827760 (impact statement)
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/17/03 044827760 (impact statement)

Status:
01/09/04 Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 044827760
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/17/03 044827760
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/27/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
01/28/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
01/28/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
01/29/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
01/30/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
01/30/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
01/30/04 Senate: Communicated to House
02/03/04 House: Placed on Calendar
02/03/04 House: Read first time
02/03/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/17/04 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4

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SB 12 Recycling Markets Development Council; duties.
Patron - Mary Margaret Whipple (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Recycling Markets Development Council. Revises the duties of the Virginia Recycling Markets Development Council to refocus the Council's primary mission on (i) assisting agencies, authorities, and localities to meet their recycling needs, if requested and (ii) identifying and evaluating existing or proposed state statutes, policies, regulations, and procedures that may attract or deter new businesses or the expansion or retention of existing businesses that can use recycled or recovered materials. The Council's annual reporting requirement is replaced with the duty to report if requested by the Governor, a resolution of the General Assembly, a standing or joint study committee of the General Assembly, the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill also establishes term limits for the citizen members of the Council. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Operations, Practices, Duties, and Funding of the Commonwealth's Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Other Governmental Entities pursuant to HJR 159 (2002).

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/17/03 044843760 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/17/03 044843760
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/21/04 Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
01/23/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
01/23/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
01/26/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
01/27/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
01/27/04 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
01/27/04 Senate: Communicated to House
01/30/04 House: Placed on Calendar
01/30/04 House: Read first time
01/30/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/17/04 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4

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SB 315 Green schools program; to promote waste reduction and resource efficiency.
Patron - Janet D. Howell (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Green schools program; education programs to promote waste reduction and resource efficiency. Authorizes the Board of Education to assist local school boards in the development and implementation of programs of instruction that comply with the provisions of Standard 1 of the Standards of Quality, specifically relating to citizenship and environmental issues and geography necessary for responsible participation in American society and the international community, by cooperating with the environmental groups, other relevant state agencies, such as, but not limited to, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health, and other stakeholders in the development of a green schools program for Virginia. Any such green schools program will focus on waste reduction through recycling and other mechanisms and educating students to help schools contain costs and to reduce waste production through resource efficiency. In the development and implementation of any such program, the Board must examine other states' green schools programs and must receive input from parents, teachers, school administrators, school boards, business and industry leaders, and local governments. The Board must also strive to identify businesses and other organizations that may provide support in the form of resources or funding for appropriate awards for any green schools program that may be implemented in the Commonwealth. This provision must not be construed to require the Board or any school board in the Commonwealth to implement a green school program or to imply or otherwise indicate that state or local funding is required to develop or implement any green school program.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043997744 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043997744
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/22/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
01/23/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
01/23/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
01/26/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
01/27/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
01/27/04 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
01/27/04 Senate: Communicated to House
01/30/04 House: Placed on Calendar
01/30/04 House: Read first time
01/30/04 House: Referred to Committee on Education

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SB 365 Waste and water fee regulations; caps on fee amounts for water permits.
Patron - John C. Watkins (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Waste and water fee regulations. Restores many of the caps on the fee amounts that can be charged for various categories of water permits to their 2002 levels. However, in addition to the one-time permit application fee, there are maximum amounts established for an annual fee to be paid by holders of major ($4,500) and minor ($2,000) Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination permits, and Virginia Pollution Abatement permits ($900). The Virginia Water Protection permits are newly classified by the type of activity that is being regulated, instead of the previous broad categories of individual and general. The maximum amounts that can be charged for each of these are the following: individual wetlands permit: $2,200 per acre of impact; individual permit for minimum instream flow: $24,000; and an individual permit for a reservoir: $35,000. The bill also authorizes the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board to set permit application fees for new major stationary sources by regulation. The bill is based on the findings and recommendations of a study requested by the 2002 General Assembly.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 045473118
02/09/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043890840-S1
02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 043890840-ES1

Amendments:
Senate amendments

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 045473118
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.
02/09/04 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/sub (15-Y 0-N)
02/09/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/09/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043890840-S1
02/12/04 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Read second time
02/17/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
02/17/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 043890840-S1
02/17/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
02/17/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
02/17/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee sub. w/amd SB365ES1
02/17/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Communicated to House
02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 043890840-ES1
02/19/04 House: Placed on Calendar
02/19/04 House: Read first time
02/19/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.

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SB 386 Air emissions trading; prohibited.
Patron - Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Air emissions trading. Prohibits the Commonwealth from selling, by auction or other manner, the set asides allocated to new sources of air emissions.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047086780 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047086780
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.
01/26/04 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (11-Y 0-N)
01/26/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/12/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
02/17/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Communicated to House
02/19/04 House: Placed on Calendar
02/19/04 House: Read first time
02/19/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res.

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SB 527 Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund; established.
Patron - Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund. Establishes the Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund. The Fund will be capitalized from revenue generated from a fee imposed on waterworks owners of $2 per water connection, a $10 fee for each instrument recorded in deed books and upon each judgment docketed in the judgment lien docket book, general fund appropriations, and any other moneys available from public and private sources. The moneys in the Fund will then be allocated quarterly, with at least 47 percent going to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, at least 47 percent going to the Water Quality Improvement Fund, and up to six percent expended for the management and administration of these two funds.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 045504732

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 045504732
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.
02/02/04 Senate: Incorporated by A.C.&N.R. (SB569-Deeds) (15-Y 0-N)

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SB 569 Natural and Historic Resources Fund and Commission; created, report.
Patron - R. Creigh Deeds (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund. Creates the Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund. This permanent, nonreverting fund will consist of moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly and any other public or private moneys. The moneys in the Fund will be allocated by the Secretary of Natural Resources to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund and the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. The bill establishes the seven-member Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund Commission, which is to provide recommendations to the Secretary regarding the allocation of moneys in the Fund. The Secretary is the chairman of the Commission. The six citizen members will be individuals who have experience or expertise in the areas of natural and historic resource conservation and protection. Under the legislation, a $10 fee is assessed on various deeds for which the state recordation tax is collected and on the recordation of a certificate of satisfaction.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 043863118 (impact statement)
02/02/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043877724-S1 (impact statement)

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 043863118
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat.
02/02/04 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/sub (14-Y 1-N)
02/02/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/02/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043877724-S1
02/17/04 Senate: Left in Finance

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SB 690 Income tax, corporate; extends sunset prov. credit for machinery & equip. used to prod. recyclable.
Patron - Charles R. Hawkins (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Corporate income taxes; tax credit for machinery and equipment used to produce property from recyclable materials. Extends the sunset date from December 31, 2003, to December 31, 2006, for a corporate income tax credit for machinery and equipment used to produce personal property from recyclable materials.

Full text:
01/28/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 041463736 (impact statement)

Status:
01/28/04 Senate: Unanimous consent to introduce
01/28/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 041463736
01/28/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
02/03/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
02/04/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/04/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
02/05/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
02/06/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
02/06/04 Senate: Communicated to House
02/10/04 House: Placed on Calendar
02/10/04 House: Read first time
02/10/04 House: Referred to Committee on Finance

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SJ 79 Municipal solid waste; urging Congress to regulate & impose a fee upon importation.
Patron - Mark D. Obenshain (all patrons) ..... notes

Summary as introduced:
Resolution; importation of municipal solid waste. Urges Congress to enact legislation that would allow states to regulate and impose a fee upon municipal solid waste imported from other states.

Full text:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047236782
02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 047236782-E

Status:
01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047236782
01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/02/04 Senate: Assigned to Rules sub-committee: 3

02/17/04 Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments
02/17/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Read second time
02/17/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
02/17/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
02/17/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SJ79E
02/17/04 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: VOTE: WAIVE READING (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/04 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
02/17/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 047236782-E
02/17/04 Senate: Communicated to House
02/19/04 House: Placed on Calendar
02/19/04 House: Read first time
02/19/04 House: Referred to Committee on Rules

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