Summary: Excise tax on peanuts. Extends from July1, 2021, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the excise tax on allpeanuts grown in Virginia and reduces from $0.30 per 100 pounds to$0.25 per 100 pounds the excise tax rate. The proceeds from thistax are used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.

Summary: Tobacco Indemnification and Community RevitalizationFund; Powhatan County. Directs the Tobacco Region RevitalizationCommission to distribute moneys from the Tobacco Indemnificationand Community Revitalization Fund for (i) the stimulation of economicgrowth and development in tobacco-dependent communities in PowhatanCounty and (ii) scientific research performed at one of the Commonwealth'sNational Cancer Institute-designated research institutes designedto advance the treatment and prevention of cancers that directlyimpact the citizens of tobacco-dependent communities in Powhatan County. Currently, such moneys are distributed for such purposesonly in tobacco-dependent communities in the Southside and Southwestregions.

Summary: Sunday hunting; allowed on public lands.Removes the prohibition against hunting or killing on public landsa wild bird or wild animal, including a nuisance species, with agun, firearm, or other weapon on Sunday. The bill removes the abilityof raccoon hunters to hunt within 200 yards of a place of worshipon Sunday and contains technical amendments.

Summary: Rappahannock State Scenic River designation.Adds a 79-mile portion of the Rappahannock River located in Caroline,King George, Westmoreland, Essex, and Richmond Counties to the RappahannockState Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.

Summary: Secretary of Natural Resources. Renamesthe Secretary of Natural Resources as the Secretary of Natural andCultural Resources. The bill also designates the Secretary as theChief Resilience Officer and removes the Virginia Museum of NaturalHistory from the purview of the Secretary.

Summary: Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Renames the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as the Department of Energy. Within the Department, the bill renames the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as the Division of Mined Land Repurposing and renames the Division of Energy as the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The bill makes substantive changes, removing the requirement that the Chief of the Division of Mines be appointed by the Governor and authorizing an employee other than the Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector to serve as the principal executive of the staff of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board. The bill also provides that the Chief Clean Energy Policy Advisor shall be appointed by the Governor. The bill removes or updates outdated language.

Summary: Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires certain chain restaurants to stop using such containers by July 1, 2023, and sets the date for compliance by all food vendors as July 1, 2025. The bill exempts nonprofit organizations from the definition of "food vendor" and provides a process by which a locality may grant consecutive one-year exemptions to individual food vendors on the basis of undue economic hardship. The bill provides a civil penalty of not more than $50 for each day of violation, to be collected in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or the relevant locality. The penalties collected are to be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund or to the treasury of the relevant locality, as appropriate. A portion of the penalties deposited in the Fund are to be used for public information campaigns to discourage the sale and use of expanded polystyrene products. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to post to its website information on compliance and the filing of complaints. This bill is a reenactment of Chapter 1104 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020.