Del. Lee Ware

Celebrating the life of Charles S. Miller, Jr.

Commending Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Commending the Canines-N-Kids Foundation.

Celebrating the life of Georgia Bellman.

Commending the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

Commending Girl Scout Troop 56002.

Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. RobertRussa Moton.

Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; handbook. Establishes the Virginia Brownfield Renewable Energy and Coal Mine Grant Fund and Program. 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. 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, subject to appropriation, the Department shall, in consultation with stakeholders, develop a guidebook for renewable energy and energy storage development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands.

Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milkcrates. Repeals provisions that make it a Class 4 misdemeanorfor any person to (i) buy, sell, or dispose of any milk case or milkcrate bearing the name or label of the owner without the writtenconsent of the owner or his designated agent; (ii) refuse, upon writtendemand of the owner or his designated agent, to return to the owneror his designated agent any milk case or milk crate bearing the nameor label of the owner; or (iii) deface, obliterate, erase, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name, label, registered trademark,insignia, or other business identification of an owner of a milkcase or milk crate without the consent of the owner, for the purposeof destroying or removing from the milk case or milk crate evidenceof its ownership.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; tradingallowance reserve account; facilities with long-term contracts.Provides that if the Commonwealth becomes a participant in the RegionalGreenhouse Gas Initiative or another carbon dioxide cap and tradeprogram with an open auction of allowances, the Department of EnvironmentalQuality shall establish an allowance reserve account for any electricgeneration facility that operates according to a long-term contractthat was executed prior to May 16, 2017, and prohibits the recoveryof allowance costs. The bill provides that such a facility shallbe allocated free allowances from the reserve account sufficientto cover its annual compliance obligation for the duration of the long-term contract.