Virginia 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1663 — High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc.

Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on March 21, 2023.

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Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Failed a recorded vote

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

18 added · 20 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 1663 clarifies the authorization for the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant a permanent easement for access over a portion of High Bridge Trail State Park to the Stantons. This easement allows the Stantons a 15-foot-wide right-of-way that encompasses an existing driveway, important for providing them access from a major road. These changes ensure a clearer understanding of the property's boundaries and facilitate better cooperation between state agencies and landowners. This matters because it balances the need for public park space with private access rights.

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SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER E An Act to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey an ingress-egress N easement at High Bridge Trail State Park.
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER 80 An Act to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey an ingress-egress easement at High Bridge Trail State Park.
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[H 1663] Approved March 21, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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That in accordance with and as evidence of General Assembly approval, the Department ofE Conservation and Recreation (Department) is hereby authorized to grant a permanent, nonexclusive easement for ingress and egress (Easement) to Roy B.
That in accordance with and as evidence of General Assembly approval, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (Department) is hereby authorized to grant a permanent, nonexclusive easement for ingress and egress (Easement) to Roy B.
Stanton (collectively, of the Grantee located in Prince Edward County, identified as Tax Map Numbers 43-A-8, 44-A-20, and lands 44-A-21 (the Stanton Property).
Stanton (collectively, Grantee), over and across that portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park (Park) that adjoins the lands of the Grantee located in Prince Edward County, identified as Tax Map Numbers 43-A-8, 44-A-20, and 44-A-21 (the Stanton Property).
The purpose of this Easement is to convey to the Grantee a 15-foot-wide right-of-way on the location of an existing driveway that encroaches on the Park and that ser§ 2.
The purpose of this Easement is to convey to the Grantee a 15-foot-wide right-of-way on the location of an existing driveway that encroaches on the Park and that serves to provide access between U.S.
The granting and conveying of this Easement shall be made upon terms the Department deems proper, with the approval of the Department of General Services and the Secretary of AdministraHion, and in a form approved by the Attorney General.
Highway 460 (Pamplin Road) and the Stanton Property.
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The granting and conveying of this Easement shall be made upon terms the Department deems proper, with the approval of the Department of General Services and the Secretary of Administration, and in a form approved by the Attorney General.
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Action History

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)

  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/23)

  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023

  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023

  5. Signed by President

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Impact statement from DPB (HB1663ER)

  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER)

  9. Enrolled

  10. Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

  11. Read third time

  12. Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

  13. Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)

  14. Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

  15. Rereferred from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N)

  16. Impact statement from DPB (HB1663E)

  17. Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

  18. Constitutional reading dispensed

  19. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)

  20. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

  21. Printed as engrossed 23101280D-E

  22. Engrossed by House as amended HB1663E

  23. Committee amendment agreed to

  24. Read second time

  25. Read first time

  26. Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)

  27. Impact statement from DPB (HB1663)

  28. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

  29. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101280D

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Not signed on (147)

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Who sponsors HB 1663?
HB 1663 is sponsored by Edmunds, James E., II.
What is the current status of HB 1663?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2023. Enacted.
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