HB1760
Conservation easements; certain easements be liberally construed in favor of purpose which created.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Conservation easements; construction.
Provides that an easement held pursuant to the Virginia Conservation Easement Act or the Open-Space Land Act shall be construed in favor of achieving the conservation purposes for which it was created. This bill is identical to SB 1199.-
Bill History
- 12/17/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101159D
- 12/17/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/12/2021 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/20/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/20/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1760)
- 01/20/2021 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21102392D-H1
- 01/21/2021 - House: Read first time
- 01/22/2021 - House: Read second time
- 01/22/2021 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 21102392D-H1
- 01/22/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1760H1
- 01/25/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1760H1)
- 01/25/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2021 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2021 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/18/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 8-N)
- 02/24/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/24/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1760ER)
- 02/24/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1760ER)
- 02/24/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 02/26/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 317 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0317)
