2015 Code of Virginia
Title 62.1 - Waters of The State, Ports and Harbors
§ 62.1-44.118. Status reports on progress; legislative oversight

The Secretary of Natural Resources shall submit the impaired waters clean-up plan as described in § 62.1-44.117 no later than January 1, 2007, to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance. Thereafter, a progress report on the implementation of the plan shall be submitted semiannually to these committees of oversight. Reports shall be due on May 1 and November 1 of each year. Water quality reporting requirements in subsection D of § 10.1-2127, subsection C of § 10.1-2128.1, and § 10.1-2134 shall be annually consolidated in the November 1 report. If there are questions as to the status of the clean-up effort the chairman of any of these committees may convene his committee for the purpose of receiving testimony. The executive branch departments and the Secretary of Natural Resources may request a meeting of any of the committees to inform them as to the progress of the clean-up or to propose specific initiatives that may require legislative action.

2006, c. 204; 2007, c. 637; 2011, c. 245.