Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 308 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Left in Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Employment of counsel to challenge federal rules establishing carbon emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units. Requests the Joint Rules Committee to employ legal counsel to represent the Commonwealth in litigation challenging federal rules establishing carbon emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units if the Office of the Attorney General, by July 1, 2015, has not instituted and is not diligently pursuing legal action on behalf of the Commonwealth that challenges the validity of the Clean Power Plan proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The resolution requests that the costs of employing such counsel be paid from funds appropriated to the Attorney General and Department of Law for the provision of legal services to state agencies.

Joint Rules Committee; to employ counsel to challenge federal rules carbon emission guidelines.

Sen. Frank Wagner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-11	Senate	Left in Rules
2015-01-23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2015-01-23	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 15103813D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SJ308
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SJ308+hil