Summary: Flood Relief Fund established. Establishesthe Flood Relief Fund (the Fund), funded by reducing the allocationof Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) funds to the CommunityFlood Preparedness Fund from 45 to 40 percent and allocating the fivepercent to the Fund. The Flood Relief Fund is administered by theVirginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and used to makepayments to owners of property that is damaged by a flood, landslide,or mudslide for which the President declares a major disaster underthe federal Stafford Act. Under the bill, claims are paid at 175 percentof property value in a double distressed locality, 150 percent ofproperty value in a distressed locality, and 100 percent of propertyvalue in all other localities. Claims are limited to $1 million forcommercial properties and $500,000 for residential properties andare exempt from individual and corporate income tax. If there areno flood disasters, VDEM will award grants for flood prevention effortsto applicants in double distressed localities. The bill provides thatif Virginia withdraws from RGGI, $50 million of any unobligated auctionproceeds will be reallocated to the Fund from the accounts establishedfor flood preparedness and low-income energy efficiency programs.

Summary: Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of ColorHistoric Preservation Fund established. Establishes the VirginiaBlack, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fundfor the purpose of awarding grants to eligible state-recognized andfederally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations,and localities for the eligible costs of acquiring land or permanentprotective interest therein, and of undertaking preservation activitieson such land, that is of cultural or historic significance to Black,indigenous, or people of color communities. The bill provides thatland or interests acquired with grant funds shall grant the Boardof Historic Resources or other holder a perpetual preservation interestin the property. This bill is identical to SB 158.

Summary: Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 551.

Summary: Department of Environmental Quality; inventoryof stormwater systems in the Commonwealth; impact of flooding; report.Directs the Department of Environmental Quality, in cooperation withthe Department of Conservation and Recreation and local and regionalgovernments, to (i) inventory and compile a master list of stormwatersystems in the Commonwealth and (ii) review and document the impactof flooding on such systems. The bill requires the Department ofEnvironmental Quality to report the master list and the result ofits review to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resourcesand the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeakeand Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservationand Natural Resources by December 1, 2022.

Summary: Department of Flood Control; Commonwealth FloodPlan. Creates the Commonwealth Flood Board as a policy boardin the executive branch. The bill provides that the Board's dutiesshall include, among others, overseeing the development, implementation,and updating of the Commonwealth Flood Plan. The bill also createsthe Department of Flood Control under the authority of the Secretaryof Natural and Historic Resources to provide technical expertise in all aspects related to flood control, management, mitigation, abatement,and recovery. The Commonwealth Flooding Scientific and TechnicalAdvisory Committee is also established in the bill as an advisorycommittee of the Commonwealth Flood Board to assist the Commonwealthin developing and implementing the Commonwealth Flood Plan.

Summary: Consultation with federally recognized TribalNations; permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental,cultural, and historic resources. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Environmental Quality,the Department of Historic Resources, and the Virginia Marine ResourcesCommission to establish policies and procedures for consulting withfederally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth when evaluating certain permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental,cultural, or historic resources or that would have tribal implications,as defined in the bill. The bill directs the Secretary of the Commonwealthto designate an Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation to facilitate communicationand consultation with Tribal Nations. The bill codifies ExecutiveOrder 82 (2021).

Summary: Virginia Resiliency Authority; established. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Authority (the Authority) as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Authority shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. Certain portions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.

Summary: Virginia Resources Authority; short-term loans. Authorizes the Virginia Resources Authority to establish a revolving loan fund to make short-term loans to planning district commissions, with interest not to exceed one percent. Under the bill, the loans provide short-term cash flow to planning district commissions that receive state or federal grants that require the expenditure of funds prior to being reimbursed by grant funds.

Summary: Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.Prohibits the siting of a new municipal solid waste landfill within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.

Summary: Energy performance-based contracts; roof replacement. Allows procurement of a roof replacement as part of a larger energy conservation or operational efficiency measure if such replacement is either necessary for the installation of such measure or if the contracting entity determines that the replacement of more. The bill requires any roof replacements not included in the original contract to be publicly noticed on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. Such procurement shall be designed by a licensed architect or professional engineer. Current law prohibits the inclusion of a roof replacement project as part of an energy performance-based contract. This bill is identical to SB 13.

Summary: Department of Historic Resources; Tribal OutreachLiaison. Adds to the powers and duties of the Director of theDepartment of Historic Resources the appointment of a full-time TribalOutreach Liaison.

Summary: Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Provides that the State Air Pollution Control Board may promulgate regulations in accordance with an Advanced Clean Car I Program beginning with vehicle model year 2030.  Current law requires the Board to adopt such regulations beginning with vehicle model year 2025. Any regulations adopted by the Board under prior law shall be withdrawn and repromulgated. Such new regulations shall not be adopted prior to December 1, 2027, and shall not be effective prior to December 1, 2029.

Summary: Repeal of the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act. Directs the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to suspend the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Summary: Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund. Creates the The bill provides guidelines for deposits, expenditures, and investments and requires an annual audit of the Virginia Resources Authority. The bill provides that the Fund be used for loans or to refinance projects for local governments or to give grants to them, provides that the Fund may be used by local governments for loans or grants to persons of the Commonwealth eligible for projects for resilience purposes, and establishes guidelines for the priority of such loans and grants. This bill is identical to SB 756.

Summary: Living shorelines. Defines "other structural and organic materials" authorized to be used in a living shoreline to include a variety of natural or man-made materials.