Bill Text: VA HB630 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Hydrilla verticillata; VDACS to declare as a noxious weed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB630 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB630-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 630 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled January 8, 2018 A BILL to direct the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to declare Hydrilla verticillata a noxious weed; assessment. ---------- Patron-- Thomas ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall declare through regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 8 (§3.2-800 et seq.) of Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia that Hydrilla verticillata is a noxious weed.

§2. That the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall conduct an assessment of the build-up of water weeds, including Hydrilla verticillata, in the waters of the Commonwealth. Such assessment shall include recommendations of measures to mitigate or remove Hydrilla verticillata.