Bill Text: VA HB1430 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Right to Farm Act; expands definition of agricultural operations, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N) [HB1430 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-HB1430-Comm_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §3.2-300 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 3 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-302.1 as follows: §3.2-300. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Agricultural operation" means any operation devoted
to the bona fide production of crops, "Production agriculture and silviculture" means the bona fide production or harvesting of agricultural or silvicultural products but shall not include the processing of agricultural or silvicultural products or the above ground application or storage of sewage sludge. §3.2-302.1. Rebuttable presumption of right to farm. The engagement in agricultural operations on property zoned agricultural in a locality where such zoning exists, or on unzoned property in a locality where no zoning ordinance has been adopted, shall create a rebuttable presumption that an operation is in compliance with local zoning ordinances. 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly. |