David Bulova
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 11
Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Expands to all localitiesprovisions that currently allow only certain localities to adopt anordinance providing for the planting and replacement of trees duringthe development process and adds more flexibility for implementationand management of tree canopy banks, tree canopy credits, and treecanopy requirements. The bill changes and updates standards, referencedocuments, and published reference texts, expands options for localitiesto disburse funds to charitable organizations, and adds percentage specifications for ordinances related to cemeteries. In addition,the bill removes the prohibition of invalidating local ordinancesadopted before July 1, 1990, the allowance of 10-year minimum requirementsfor pre-1990 ordinances, and the inability to invalidate an ordinanceadopted that relates to the replacement of trees during the developmentprocess in certain localities. The bill allows ordinances that havebeen made pursuant to the law prior to the effective date of the changes in this bill to not be invalidated by the changes. The billrequires the Virginia State Forester to create standards for treecanopy percentages and to select members for the Stakeholder Advisory Group, established by the bill to provide recommendations on suchstandards. Some provisions of the bill become effective on July 1, 2022, and some have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB1346)
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
Presented and ordered printed 22104430D
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Presented and ordered printed 22104430D | PDF HTML |
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Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1346F122.PDF |
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