Sen. Dave Marsden

Trucks; operation in certain weather conditions.Requires the operators of trucks to stay in the right-most laneof any highway with two or more lanes in each direction and to notuse cruise control or compression release engine brakes when drivingin active snow, sleet, or freezing rain, or other inclement coldprecipitation.

Improper parking. Authorizes localities in Planning District 8 to prohibit parking a motor vehicle with its wheels fully on the curb or with its wheels straddling the curb and provides that any motor vehicle parked on a curb is subject to a fine and may be removed by or under the direction of a law-enforcement officer or parking enforcement officer.

Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund.Directs the Governor to include a $40 million recommended appropriationto the Virginia Land Conservation Fund in the budget bill or amendmentsthereto each year. Currently, the Governor is directed to includean amount based on a formula set forth in the Code. The bill makesvarious changes to the allocation and use of funds for grants fromthe Virginia Land Conservation Fund, including allowing grants tobe made to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia IndianTribes, and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen memberof the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees bea member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe.

Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 504 and SB 506 and is identical to HB 516.

Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. The effective date of this amendment to the Compact is contingent upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates SB 33. This bill is identical to HB 386.

Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Expands to all localitiesprovisions that currently only allow certain localities to adoptan ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of treesduring the development process. The bill adds more flexibility forimplementation and management of tree canopy banks, tree canopy credits,and tree canopy requirements. The bill changes and updates standards,reference documents, and published reference texts. The bill expandsoptions for localities to disburse funds to charitable organizations. The bill adds percentage specifications for ordinances related tocemeteries. The bill removes the prohibition of invalidating localordinances adopted before July 1, 1990, the allowance of 10-year minimum requirements for pre-1990 ordinances, and the inability toinvalidate an ordinance adopted pursuant to the section relating tothe replacement of trees during development process in certain localities.The bill provides guidelines for the Stakeholder Advisory Group, established by the bill to provide recommendations on the provisionsof the bill, and its meetings; exemptions from the AdministrativeProcess Act, section-specific definitions for public comment; andthe Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The main provisions of the bill have a delayed enactment date of January 1, 2023; the remainingprovisions are effective in due course.