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CoLA Priority Update HB2048: Unprecedented Power to DEQ HB1430: Right to Farm SB1256: Photo ID Required to Vote * * * * * * * * * * CoLA PRIORITY LEGISLATION - 2013 SCORECARD BILLS Only 2 days Left to Crossover Please start leaving voice mails and sending emails to your own legislators as soon as possible to help kill these bad bills and to ask for support for the good ones. All Delegates and Senators are voting - these bills are on the floor! _________________________________________________________________________________________
CALL YOUR DELEGATE: 1) HB2048 - OPPOSE: Gives unprecedented power to DEQ Ask your Delegate: Has he read this 59 page monster of a substitute? Are they voting on a bill they have never read? ... "Or do they have to pass it to see what's in it!" ... A citizen can currently do nothing with private property without Government permission. With this legislation, if 'they' decide that your property is involved in stormwater runoff, they can charge civil penalties. Do you have a roof? Ask them: "Where is the requirement for GA approved implementation plans based on 1) cost benefit analysis; 2) NEPA studies 3) true (not modeled) current science"? "Trust in God.....The rest must bring data" ... NASA slogan SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves the water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Water Control Board will have oversight of water quality planning and laws dealing with stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The composition of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board is changed, reducing the number of voting members from 12 to seven, and the Department of Environmental Quality is assigned responsibility for staffing the Board. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board will continue its oversight responsibilities of the soil and water conservation districts and of resource management planning. The Board of Conservation and Recreation will be responsible for administration of the flood prevention and dam safety laws. It is impossible to read and understand legislation like this in such a short time frame. These are a few questions from our reading of the 59 page substitute. - In charge of water quality? Per Dr Charles Battig; EPA Clean water standards are now cleaner than rainwater
- Nonpoint Source Pollution is defined in this bill as storm water runoff. Didn't our AG just win a case? ... Didn't the judge rule that "storm water is not a pollutant"? If this bill passes it will become a pollutant according to VA law! If the runoff from your roof or your driveway doesn't meet their yet to be defined standards they will be able to charge you civil penalties
- This bill allows them to go on any property, public or private, to do inspections
- Considering the states limited resources, haa all the Point Source Pollution been cleaned up?
Back to "In This Issue" 2)HB1430 - SUPPORT: 'Boneta Bill' - Protects the 'Right to Farm' for small farmers. Ask your delegate to take out the reenactment clause and vote YES! Final vote for passage is Monday. The Farm Bureau, VACO and PEC will fight us to the bitter end with all they've got! _______________________________________________________________________________________
CALL YOUR SENATOR: 1) SUPPORT SB1256, Photo ID required to voteAsk your Senator to take a stand against VOTER FRAUD. We have a Republican majority. There isno acceptable excuse for not voting for the most basic way to protect our right to fair elections. This will likely be a 20-20 vote in the Senate As an ordinary citizen concerned about the voter fraud that you know exists in VA, Please call Lt Governor Bolling and ask him to vote YES to break any tie on Photo ID to vote Do not call as an associate of a Tea Party. 2) Ask if he/she voted for SB1279 (Companion to HB2048; see above) Ask them if they read all 93 pages of the Senate version of this monster that gives enormous power to DEQ before they voted on it? No legislation in this General Assembly will do more to destroy property rights. Tell him you expect him to read the 59 page substitute for HB2048 if it passes the House and vote NO. If your Senator voted against SB1279, please thank him and ask him to vote NO if the HB2048 substitute crosses over from the House. FYI....This was the final vote for passage YEAS--Alexander, Barker, Blevins, Colgan, Deeds, Ebbin, Edwards, Favola, Hanger, Herring, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, Norment, Northam, Petersen, Puckett, Puller, Ruff, Saslaw, Stosch, Stuart, Wagner, Watkins--28. NAYS--Black, Carrico, Garrett, Martin, McDougle, McWaters, Newman, Obenshain, Reeves, Smith, Stanley, Vogel--12. Please, thank these Senators who voted against SB1279 and ask them to vote no on HB2048 if it crosses over _____________________________________________________________________________________ Sign up for CoLA action alerts direct to you Only 2 Votes left before Crossover....please make these 3 calls ASAP. Leave voicemail so they come in on Monday morning and there are hundreds of messages ! Back to "In This Issue" |
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