Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created. (SB511)
Introduced By
Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-Arlington)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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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) |
03/05/2008 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
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) |