HB 1030

            
2020 SESSION

20106440D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1030

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Labor and Commerce

on January 28, 2020)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Roem)

A BILL to amend and reenact � 8 of the second enactment of Chapter
296 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, relating to electrical transmission lines.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 8 of the second enactment of Chapter 296 of the
Acts of Assembly of 2018 is amended and reenacted as follows:

� 8. The provisions of this enactment shall not be construed
to limit the ability of the State Corporation Commission to approve additional
applications for placement of transmission lines underground. Approval by
the State Corporation Commission of a transmission line for inclusion in the
program pursuant to � 2 of the second enactment of this act shall preclude the
placement of future overhead electrical transmission lines of at least 69
kilovolts in the same right-of-way as described in � 2 of this act for a period
of 10 years from the effective date of this act but shall not preclude the
placement of (i) any underground transmission lines in such right-of-way or
(ii) any electrical distribution lines in such right-of-way.