SB511: Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.

Chief Patron

Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31)
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/27/2008: signed by governor

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01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08
01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084336352
01/09/2008 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/21/2008 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2008 Rereferred to Finance
01/22/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB511)
02/07/2008 Reported from Finance with amendments (15-Y 1-N)
02/07/2008 Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2008 Committee substitute printed 082947352-S1
02/11/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Read second time
02/12/2008 Reading of amendment waived
02/12/2008 Committee amendment rejected
02/12/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/12/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 082947352-S1
02/12/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB511S1
02/12/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to House
02/14/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB511S1)
02/14/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/14/2008 Read first time
02/14/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/19/2008 Assigned App. sub: Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources(Cox)
02/27/2008 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Committee substitute printed 082596696-H1
02/29/2008 Read second time
03/03/2008 Read third time
03/03/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 082596696-H1
03/03/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB511H1
03/03/2008 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
03/03/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Enrolled
03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER)
03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/10/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB511ER)
03/11/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/12/2008 Signed by President
03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

Natural resources funding. Allocates annually 10 percent of the revenue generated by a one percent sales and use tax, not to exceed $100 million, to fund agricultural best management practices. The sales tax allocation would be deposited into the newly established Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund and distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural lands exclusively in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and 38 percent of the moneys would be used for all other lands in the Commonwealth. Five percent of the moneys would be allocated to soil and water conservation districts.

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