Read the full stored bill text
HOUSE BILL NO. 487
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
on February 11, 2026)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hernandez)
A BILL to authorize the Marine Resources Commission to convey certain easements and other legal interest to the City of Norfolk for certain property relating to the City of Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management Project.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1.
For purposes of this act "Phase I" means the following drawings
:
(i)
"
Norfolk CSRM State-Owned Bottom and Right-of-Way Map,
"
Map Number – 68 Phase IA, dated October 8, 2025, prepared by TKY; (ii) Drawing entitled
"
Grandy Village Living Shoreline Preliminary Bottom Impacts WSSI #36556.01,
"
Exhibit 1, prepared by Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc., a Davey Company; (iii) Drawing entitled
"
Richmond and Surrey Crescent Shoreline State Bottom Impacts
"
;
(iv)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-WS-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (v)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-WS-2,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (vi)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-PS-HP-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (vii
)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-FD-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA)DDwithExcludedPermitAreaTable, dated August 28, 2025, revised January 22, 2026, developed by JAO; (viii)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-HP,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA)DDwithExcludedPermitAreaTable, dated August 28, 2025, revised January 27, 2026, developed by JAO; (ix)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-RR-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (x)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-PS-NC-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (xi)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-Sub-1,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; (xii)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase 1A-Sub-2,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO; and (
xiii)
"
Wetlands Impact Analysis Phase No Impact,
"
Map: Wetlands Impact Analysis (JPA), dated August 28, 2025, revised January 15, 2026, developed by JAO.
§ 2. That, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties and the payment of $1, and on terms otherwise acceptable to the Marine Resources Commission
(the Commission)
, the Commission is hereby authorized to convey to the City
of Norfolk
, in locations acceptable to the Commission, the following real property interests in subaqueous land that are necessary for Phase I, as generally shown on the Phase I drawings: permanent easement interests; temporary construction easements; and fee simple interests, pursuant to quitclaims
.
§ 3. That, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties and the payment of $1, and on terms otherwise acceptable to the Commission, the Commission is hereby authorized to quitclaim to the City any interest that the Commonwealth may have in and to the property known as Newton Canal, a/k/a Mahone
'
s Canal, a/k/a Brambleton Canal, which property is located within the boundaries of City of Norfolk GPIN 1437339770.
§ 4. That the conveyances authorized herein shall be made in consultation with the Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth and the Office of the Attorney General. The conveyances authorized herein shall be approved by the Governor and made in a form approved by the Office of the Attorney General. The appropriate officials of the Commonwealth are hereby authorized to prepare, execute, and deliver such deeds and other documents as may be necessary to accomplish the conveyances.