Richard Stuart
- Republican
- Senator
- District 25
Primary
Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a Virginia Water Protection Permit for a surface water withdrawal if more than five percent of the nonconsumptive volume of such withdrawal will be returned to a different major river basin, as defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to any lawful withdrawal in existence on July 1, 2025.
A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 62.1-44.15:22, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited.
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106156D-S1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101113D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923) | PDF PDF |
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