Virginia HB 1045: Tree-replacement ordinance; banking.

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1045 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 7, 2020 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 15.2-961.3, relating to conservation of tree cover; banking. 
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Patron-- Krizek 

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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 15.2-961.3 as follows:

� 15.2-961.3. 
 Conservation of tree cover; banking.

A tree-replacement 
 ordinance adopted pursuant to � 15.2-961 may allow a locality to require the 
 developer of any subdivision or development to (i) plant, (ii) cause to be 
 planted, or (iii) pay the locality an amount determined by the locality to be 
 sufficient to plant on property within the same watershed that is protected in 
 perpetuity by a conservation easement additional native tree cover sufficient 
 to prevent a net loss of tree cover as a result of the development or a net 
 loss resulting from a local waiver of the tree-replacement ordinance 
 requirements. Such ordinance shall require that any 
 planted tree that dies during the first five years after planting be 
 replaced. For purposes of this section, "conservation 
 easement" means a conservation easement as defined in � 10.1-1009 or an 
 open-space easement as defined in � 10.1-1700.