SB 519

Department of Conservation and Recreation; Virginia Land Conservation Fund; land conservation goals and needs assessment; report. Establishes as goals of the Commonwealth the achievement of permanent conservation of 20 percent of the land area of Virginia by 2036 and 10 percent of the aggregate acreage of Virginia's urban areas by 2036. The bill requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation to submit an annual land conservation goals and needs assessment report including certain enumerated information no later than November 1 of each year to relevant committees of the General Assembly. The bill also removes the requirements that (i) the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation develop a needs assessment for future expenditures from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund and maintain such assessment on an annual basis and (ii) the Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees report with an estimate of the funds needed to achieve certain goals established by the Board.