Bill Text: VA HB116 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: Stormwater Mgmt. Fund; grants from local Fund may be used for an authorized local credit option.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB116 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB116-Prefiled.html
20100975D
HOUSE BILL NO. 116
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled December 16, 2019
A BILL to amend and reenact §15.2-2114.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Stormwater Management Fund.
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Patron-- Cole, M.L. (By Request)
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §15.2-2114.01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§15.2-2114.01. Local Stormwater Management Fund; grant moneys.

Any locality may by ordinance create a local Stormwater Management Fund consisting of appropriated local moneys for the purpose of granting funds to an owner of private property or a common interest community for stormwater management and erosion prevention on previously developed lands. Grants from such fund shall be used only for (i) the construction, improvement, or repair of a stormwater management facility or for; (ii) erosion and sediment control; or (iii) an authorized local stormwater credit option for Virginia Stormwater Management Program authorized program administrators as a stormwater retrofit for any development within the local watershed that predates the 2005 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality best management practice criteria.

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