Virginia Senate Bill 118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-28 - Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Conservation of ground water. Directs the State Water Control Board to establish a voluntary ground water conservation incentive program. The program is designed to provide incentives to those ground water permittees who agree to adopt measures that would (i) substantially reduce their reliance on ground water, (ii) transition to alternative water sources, or (iii) develop necessary infrastructure. The permittee would have to agree to either a 50 percent reduction in the amount authorized by its permit or certificate that is in effect on January 1, 2015, or achieve a comparable level of conservation by any combination of authorized withdrawal amount reduction and alternative options approved by the Board. These conditions are referred to as "qualification criteria" and will be used to determine the permittee's eligibility for the program. If a permittee is accepted into the program he will have a transition period, not to exceed 15 years, to meet the criteria. Each permittee that agrees to the qualification will have the benefit of a "regulatory certainty" period of 20 years during which the amount of withdrawal cannot be reduced, except in limited circumstances.

Ground water conservation incentive program; State Water Control Bd. to establish voluntary program.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2016-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-28	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
2015-12-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2015-12-28	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101378D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	266	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	266.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB118
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB118+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S01V0023+SB0118