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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 204<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 637<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 245<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 127<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57849,"section_number":"10.1-2127","catch_line":"Nonpoint source pollution water quality assessment","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2127\/"},{"id":59887,"section_number":"10.1-2128.1","catch_line":"Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2128.1\/"},{"id":64860,"section_number":"10.1-2134","catch_line":"Annual report by Directors of the Departments of Environmental Quality and Conservation and Recreation","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2134\/"},{"id":65533,"section_number":"10.1-2134.1","catch_line":"Water Quality Improvement Fund; estimate of requests","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2134.1\/"},{"id":79398,"section_number":"62.1-44.117","catch_line":"Development of an impaired waters clean-up plan; strategies; objectives","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.117\/"},{"id":54435,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:29.2","catch_line":"Stormwater Local Assistance Fund, estimate of requests","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_29.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57849,"section_number":"10.1-2127","catch_line":"Nonpoint source pollution water quality assessment","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2127\/"},{"id":59887,"section_number":"10.1-2128.1","catch_line":"Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2128.1\/"},{"id":64860,"section_number":"10.1-2134","catch_line":"Annual report by Directors of the Departments of Environmental Quality and Conservation and Recreation","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2134\/"},{"id":79398,"section_number":"62.1-44.117","catch_line":"Development of an impaired waters clean-up plan; strategies; objectives","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.117\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65745,"identifier":"62.1-44.118","token":"62.1\/3.7\/62.1-44.118","url":"\/62.1-44.118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.118\/","token":"62.1\/3.7\/62.1-44.118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Status reports on progress; legislative oversight","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall submit the impaired waters clean-up plan as described in \u00a7 62.1-44.117<\/a> 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 and Appropriations. Thereafter, a progress report on the implementation of the plan shall be submitted annually to these committees of oversight. The report shall be due on November 1 of each year. Water quality reporting requirements in subsection D of \u00a7 10.1-2127<\/a>, subsection C of \u00a7 10.1-2128.1<\/a>, and \u00a7 10.1-2134<\/a> 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<\/span>. The executive branch departments and the Secretary of Natural and Historic 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.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATUS REPORTS ON PROGRESS; LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT (\u00a7 62.1-44.118)\n\nThe Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall submit the impaired waters\nclean-up plan as described in \u00a7 62.1-44.117 no later than January 1, 2007, to\nthe House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House\nCommittee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation\nand Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.\nThereafter, a progress report on the implementation of the plan shall be\nsubmitted annually to these committees of oversight. The report shall be due on\nNovember 1 of each year. Water quality reporting requirements in subsection D of\n\u00a7 10.1-2127, subsection C of \u00a7 10.1-2128.1, and \u00a7 10.1-2134 shall be annually\nconsolidated in the November 1 report. If there are questions as to the status\nof the clean-up effort, the chairman of any of these committees may convene his\ncommittee for the purpose of receiving testimony. The executive branch\ndepartments and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources may request a\nmeeting of any of the committees to inform them as to the progress of the\nclean-up or to propose specific initiatives that may require legislative action.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 204; 2007, c. 637; 2011, c. 245; 2016, c. 127; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, c. 401.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}