Virginia Department of Health
Agreed to by the Senate, January 30, 1985
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 14, 1985
WHEREAS, in recent years there has been a significant increase in the concern over the health and safety aspects of high voltage transmission lines; and
WHEREAS, a joint subcommittee established pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 26 of the 1984 Session of the General Assembly carefully studied the health and safety aspects and heard from a number of experts who were not in agreement over whether harmful effects exist; and
WHEREAS, currently there are a large number of studies on the health and safety of such lines, the result of which the joint subcommittee feels should be continuously monitored so that if any causal relationships develop the General Assembly will be informed and will be able to take appropriate action to protect the citizens of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, it is the sense of the joint subcommittee that this monitoring could best be done by the State Corporation Commission, which by statute has oversight over the construction of transmission lines, and the Department of Health; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the State Corporation Commission and the Department of Health are requested to monitor the ongoing research on the health and safety effects of high voltage transmission lines; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Department of Health, after consultation with the State Corporation Commission, is requested to report its findings annually to the General Assembly.