Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil and criminal penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 1,320 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish requirements for registration, certification, and inspection, and other requirements of tank owners, and that establish a schedule of fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake corrective action, or to require the owner to undertake corrective action, in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. The bill requires tank owners to register their tanks, pay certain registration fees, develop release response plans, upgrade certain older tanks, install containment infrastructure for certain aboveground storage tanks, notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance, and demonstrate their financial responsibility. The bill also creates the Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund for the administration of the bill and provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, with the moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.
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Celebrating the life of the Honorable Mary T.Christian.
Special use permits; freestanding medical facilities. Provides that no ordinance of a city whose governing body appoints all of the members of a hospital authority shall require that a special exception, special use, or conditional use permit be obtained for the development and construction of a freestanding medical facility on property where such use is permitted by right under the local zoning ordinance.
Study; JLARC; costs of education; report.Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to studythe true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide an accurateassessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality.
Commending Charles Ingram.
Right to reproductive choice. Provides thatevery individual has a fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptionand that a pregnant person has a fundamental right to choose to carrya pregnancy to term, give birth to a child, or terminate a pregnancy.The bill states that the Commonwealth shall not, in the regulationor provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, denyor interfere with an individual's fundamental rights, including individualsunder state control or supervision. The bill states that any stateor local official who is charged with violating provisions of thissection shall be subject to an action in federal or state court forinjunctive relief and damages. Such action may be brought by any person or entity that may be aggrieved by such official's actions.
Commending Edwina J. Casey.
Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax. Advances from 2020 to 2025 the sunset date of the income tax credit for purchase of equipment for processing recyclable materials and makes eligible for the credit purchases of equipment used in advanced recycling, defined in the bill. The bill increases the dollar value of the credit from 20 percent to 100 percent of the purchase price of such equipment, eliminates the requirement that a taxpayer may only claim up to 40 percent of his tax liability in credit per year, and makes the credit refundable and transferable for credits issued starting in taxable year 2020. The bill provides that certain machinery, tools, and materials used in advanced recycling shall be exempt from sales tax. The bill provides that such machinery, tools, and materials shall be segregated and classified as machinery and tools, which are taxed at a lower rate than the generally applicable personal property tax rate.This bill was incorporated into SB 590.
Nondiscrimination in public employment. Prohibits discrimination in public employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, as defined in the bill. The bill also codifies for state and local government employment the current prohibitions on discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran. This bill was incorporated into SB 868.
Housing; Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications; local disaster resilience measures.Clarifies that local flood plain regulations not superseded bythe Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) include participationin the Community Rating System and adds that measures adopted by localordinance to make buildings resilient to foreseeable harm from recurrentflooding, coastal storms, sea level rise, and other similar threatsto the health, safety, and general welfare of the locality and itsresidents are also not superseded by the USBC. The bill also addsresilience and hazard risk reduction to the recognized standardsthat should be consistent with the USBC's provisions and modifications.