Bill Text: VA SB778 | 2015 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Motor fuels; vehicles hauling certain fuels during times of necessitous circumstances, report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016) [SB778 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-SB778-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 778 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Transportation on January 28, 2015) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Newman) A BILL to direct agencies of the Commonwealth to establish protocol relating to hauling motor fuels during times of necessitous circumstances; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Department of Transportation, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of Emergency Management, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of State Police, and other interested stakeholders shall work to establish a protocol for submission of a declaration of a state of emergency for resource shortages, as defined in §44-146.16 of the Code of Virginia, that adversely affect the delivery of motor fuels, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, number one and two heating oils, or liquid propane gas within or outside of the Commonwealth.

2. That the Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report detailing the established protocol to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 13, 2016.