Virginia House Bill 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on November 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Disclosure of industrial waste and sewage sludge on land. Requires the owner of land upon which industrial waste or sewage sludge has been stored or to which industrial waste or sewage sludge has been applied pursuant to a permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality(DEQ)to disclose such storage or application to a prospective purchaser or lessee of the land. If the owner of the subject land fails to make the disclosure in writing, on a form developed by the Real Estate Board in consultation with DEQ, prior to acceptance of a contract for the sale or lease of the subject land, the prospective purchaser or lessee may institute an action to recover actual damages. The disclosure and remedy provisions of the bill are similar to those in the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act.

Industrial waste and sewage sludge; disclosure of storage or land application on property.

Del. Lee Ware [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-13	House	Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
2015-11-16	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2015-11-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100674D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB17
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB17+hil