Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.
Sponsored bills
Commending the Honorable M. Kirkland Cox.
Board of Wildlife Resources; quitclaim and conveyance of easement; Tazewell County. Provides that the Board of Wildlife Resources is authorized to quitclaim and release any interest it may hold in the unimproved parcel of land containing 13.60 acres, more or less, of land that is located in Tazewell County, as the result of a boundary correction, and to convey an easement over certain lands.
Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; handbook. Establishes the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program (the Fund and Program). The bill provides that no allocation of funds shall be made to the Fund or Program unless federal funds are available to cover the cost of such allocation. The Fund and Program shall be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for the purpose of awarding grants to renewable energy projects that are located on brownfields or previously coal mined lands, both defined in the bill. Grants are to be awarded on a basis of $500 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy sources that are located on previously coal mined lands and $100 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy sources that are located on brownfields. No more than $10 million shall be awarded to any previously coal mined lands project and no more than $5 million to any single brownfield project. No more than $35 million shall be allocated per year by the grant program. Of the $35 million, $20 million shall be reserved for previously coal mined lands projects. If less than $20 million is distributed to such projects, the remaining funds may be reallocated to brownfield projects. The bill also provides that the Department shall, in consultation with stakeholders, develop a handbook for renewable energy and energy storage development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands. Finally, the bill requires the Department to submit an annual report regarding administration of the Fund and Program to the General Assembly. However, the annual report shall not be required if the Fund and Program are not funded.
GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset.Repeals the July 1, 2021, sunset of the provision of the Code of Virginia allowing a locality to use grant funds awarded by the TobaccoRegion Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginiagrants.
Commending CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
Celebrating the life of Samuel Stephen Banner.
Commending the Commission on Virginia AlcoholSafety Action Program.