Stormwater management; local plan review, acceptance of signed plan in lieu of review.
Summary
Authorizes any rural Tidewater locality, whether or not it has opted out of administering a stormwater or erosion and sediment control program, to require that a licensed professional retained by the applicant submit a set of plans and supporting calculations for land-disturbing activities that disturb 2,500 square feet or more but less than one acre of land. The bill requires the plans to bear a certification and to be signed and sealed by the professional. The locality is authorized to accept such plans in satisfaction of the local plan review requirement. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the possibility of expanding the use of the agreement in lieu of a stormwater management plan, currently authorized for use in the construction of certain single-family residences, to include any nonresidential development site of less than one acre in a rural Tidewater locality.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Signed Mar 5, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 5, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/18)
executive
Feb 7, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N)
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1308E
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104164D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Keith Hodges
RRepublican
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