Authorities
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; grants Authority "quick take" condemnation powers. [SB-821]
Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority; eminent domain. Grants to the Authority the "quick take" condemnation powers that are currently available to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Local Government (14-y 0-n) on 01/29/2013
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Tourist Train Development Authority; created. [SB-819]
Tourist Train Development Authority. Reinstates the Authority and its board, repealed by the General Assembly in 2011, which will consist of representatives from the governing bodies of Tazewell County, the Town of Bluefield, and the Town of Pocahontas; four citizen members from Tazewell County; and two legislators. The Authority's powers are similar to those that other authorities possess. The Authority may also cooperate with any private or governmental entity in the state of West Virginia in the development of a tourist train.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/03/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Wastewater treatment facilities; Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional bond. [SB-494]
Bond issuance for wastewater treatment facilities and combined sewer overflow projects. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $378 million in bonds to continue installing nutrient removal technology in eligible wastewater treatment facilities to comply with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Watershed Improvement Plan. These funds would complete projects at facilities under existing signed Water Quality Improvement Fund agreements and at additional eligible facilities that did not receive moneys from the original
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Appropriations on 11/29/2012
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners. [SB-1351]
Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and providing the Virginia Port Authority with additional procurement and other exemptions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Incorporated By Transportation on 01/30/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Southwest Virginia Health Authority; clarifies definition of hospital, etc., powers, report. [SB-1347]
Southwest Virginia Health Authority. Clarifies the definition of "hospital or health center" by adding references to dental facilities. The bill also adds provisions related to the authority of an industrial development authority to issue bonds in furtherance of the establishment of a nonprofit hospital or health center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0660) on 03/20/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners, etc. [SB-1305]
Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and preventing the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Black
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0794) on 04/03/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services. [SB-1301]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; export of Virginia products and services. Authorizes the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to undertake whatever activities the Authority deems appropriate to provide bridge loans and shipment insurance for Virginia exporters. This bill may be known as the Virginia Export Assistance Act. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Fund; established. [SB-1283]
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Fund. Establishes the Fund with the purpose of assisting in the financing of the Authority's operations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Newman
Left In Appropriations on 02/18/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority; established, report. [SB-1138]
Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Establishes the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of making the Commonwealth a national and global leader in nuclear energy and serving as an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues. The 17-member board of directors of the Authority is directed to form a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, referred to as the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. Membership in the Consortium is
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0394) on 03/14/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Water and waste authorities; rates. [SB-1121]
Water and waste authorities; rates. Clarifies the ability of a water or waste authority to fix rates for services that are furnished by a refuse collection and disposal system. The bill expands the list of rate-setting powers that require a public hearing by adding the rate-setting power found in subdivision 10 of §15.2-5114, a power that includes the establishment of incentives for green roofs. The bill combines the two parallel processes found in current law for the setting of rates for sewage disposal and refuse collection, and it reduces the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0051) on 02/22/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
VEDP; required provisions in economic development agreements. [HB-593]
Economic development; Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; required provisions in economic development agreements. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and any locality to include in an economic development agreement a provision requiring the business beneficiary to give Virginia persons, firms, or corporations the opportunity to participate in the procurement of any goods, services, or construction that is or will be solicited by the business entity. Any such procurement shall be based on competitive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In General Laws on 11/29/2012
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Public school security equipment; issuance of bonds for purpose of grant payments. [HB-2343]
Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013. Requires the Virginia Public School Authority to issue bonds for the funding of matching grants to local public school divisions for the purchase and installation of security equipment in public schools. The security equipment must be designed to improve and help ensure the safety of students attending public schools in Virginia. The Authority cannot issue more than $6 million in bonds in any fiscal year of the Commonwealth, and no more than an aggregate principal amount of $30 million in bonds
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0608) on 03/20/2013
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Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority; name change. [HB-2319]
Hampton Roads Sports and Entertainment Facility Authority. Makes numerous changes intended to facilitate the attraction and operation of a National Hockey League or National Basketball Association franchise, or other events, among which are amendments that will (i) entitle the Authority, subject to appropriation, to personal, pass-through entity, and corporate income tax revenues generated by the operation of the facility; (ii) change the definition of "arena" by requiring a seating capacity of no less than 15,000, and expanding the purpose of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Left In Finance on 02/05/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth; commemorative coins, recommendations. [HB-2304]
Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth; commemorative coins. Specifies that commemorative coins minted at the direction of the Governor shall bear the seal of the Commonwealth on the obverse side of the coin and scenes of natural or historically significant locations in the Commonwealth as recommended by the Board of Tourism on the reverse side. The bill provides that proceeds from the sale of such coins shall be deposited in the Cooperative Marketing Fund established pursuant to § 2.2-2319.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0763) on 04/03/2013
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Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; designated as an agency in executive branch of state. [HB-2283]
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority. Designates the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority as an agency in the executive branch of state government that, as such, reports to the Secretary of Natural Resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Left In General Laws on 02/05/2013
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Virginia Port Authority; reform by adding Chief Executive Officer to Board of Commissioners, etc. [HB-2276]
Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Implements reforms of the Virginia Port Authority by adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Board of Commissioners, adding the Virginia Port Authority Executive Director to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and preventing the Commonwealth and the Virginia Port Authority from accepting any unsolicited proposal under the Public-Private Transportation Act or the Public-Private Education
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0762) on 04/03/2013
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Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; tax revenue used to construct, etc., natural gas service lines. [HB-2110]
Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; construction of natural gas service lines. Allows a locality in the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority to apply a portion of its Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund tax revenue collected from the severance tax imposed upon the severance of natural gas to the construction of natural gas service lines. Under current law, the locality is permitted to apply a portion of the revenue to the construction or enhancement of water or sewer systems or lines. The amendments add natural gas systems or lines as
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0306) on 03/13/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Sources of revenue; establishing and adjusting for appropriations of State and its localities. [HB-2063]
Establishing and adjusting sources of revenues for appropriations of the Commonwealth. Makes several changes to sources of revenue of the Commonwealth as follows: Establishes a 5% tax on motor fuels sales based on the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular gasoline. The revenues would be distributed to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Operating and Capital Fund, and the localities to be used for transportation purposes. Increases the additional
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Sponsored by: Rep. J. Randall Minchew
Tabled In Finance By Voice Vote on 01/23/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Fort Monroe Authority; payments in lieu of real property taxes. [HB-2038]
Fees in lieu of real property taxes; Fort Monroe. Modifies the method of determining the amount of fees in lieu of real property taxes owed by the Fort Monroe Authority by ensuring that properties at Fort Monroe that would be taxed by the City of Hampton if privately held will be charged a fee in lieu of taxes, but that properties at Fort Monroe that would not be taxed by the City if privately held will be exempt from the fee. The bill also permits the Fort Monroe Authority to appeal the assessed value of its property used in calculating the fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. S. Chris Jones
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0221) on 03/12/2013
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Dulles Greenway Authority; created. [HB-1980]
Dulles Greenway Authority created. Creates the Dulles Greenway Authority to, among other things, operate and maintain the Dulles Greenway. The Authority would be governed by a board of directors composed of 15 voting members as follows: one current member of the local governing body of each of the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park to be appointed by the Governor; four nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe May
Left In Appropriations on 02/05/2013