Authorities
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Public Building Authority; Military Mission Improvement and Expansion projects. [SB-1156]
Virginia Public Building Authority; Military Mission Improvement and Expansion projects. Authorizes the Virginia Public Building Authority to finance or assist in the financing of certain activities connected with Military Mission Improvement and Expansion projects (MMIE projects), defined by the bill as a project or projects recommended by the Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities and approved by the Governor that are designed to improve, expand, develop, or redevelop a federal or state military installation to enhance such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority; created, report. [HB-2055]
Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority. Establishes the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority, consisting of the 12 counties within the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, and Accomack-Northampton planning districts, if approved by the respective governing bodies. The Authority is created for the purpose of serving as a regional economic development body and represents a partnership of the Commonwealth, the planning districts, and the 12 counties of the coastal region. The Authority shall be governed by a board of up
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0388) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; board of directors, qualifications. [HB-2013]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; board of directors; qualifications. Adds the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority and the Vice President of Economic Development for the Virginia Port Authority, or their designees, as ex officio voting members of the board of directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and commensurately reduces the number of appointees from 18 to 16. The bill sets out required areas of expertise for the 16 members appointed variously by the Governor, the Speaker of the House
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Yancey
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, refinancing loan guaranty program. [HB-1895]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; refinancing loan guaranty program. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority (the Authority), to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which the Authority may guarantee the obligations of an individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth under loans that refinance such education loan debt. The measure limits eligibility to individuals who have
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Authority; established, report. [HB-1916]
Virginia Student Loan Authority established. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Authority, to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which (i) each individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education and who is eligible, on the basis of criteria established by the Authority that are substantially similar to criteria used by private lenders in the Commonwealth to evaluate student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. [HJR-673]
Study; JLARC recommendations regarding VEDP; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study how best to implement the recommendations of the 2016 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission review of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Massie
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966; amendments, effective clause. [HB-1847]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966. Proposes amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 (the Compact). The bill allows members of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (the Authority) to be provided reasonable compensation. The bill eliminates requirements for overtime compensation and requirements that set the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage on similar construction in the locality
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Mark Dudenhefer
Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits. [HB-1814]
Tax credits for worker retraining and telework expenses. Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0177) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 gubernatorial review. [HJR-617]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 gubernatorial review. Requests the Governor to review the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 and enter into discussions with his counterparts in the District of Columbia and Maryland to identify possible improvements to the agreement, particularly with regard to the governance, financing, and operation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj617er) on 02/15/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (VEDP); grants and other economic incentives. [HB-1752]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (VEDP); grants and other economic incentive programs administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; waiver. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of law or applicable VEDP guidelines, a political subdivision or eligible business, as the case may be, may request a waiver that permits it to use no more than one-quarter of the grant or loan from any fund administered by VEDP for a purpose indirectly related to the economic development project for which the grant or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; established, report. [SB-1036]
Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority; refinancing loan guaranty program. Establishes the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority (the Authority), to be governed by a 10-member board, for the purpose of developing and implementing a program by which the Authority may guarantee the obligations of an individual who incurred qualified education loan debt as a Virginia student at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth under loans that refinance such education loan debt. The Authority is authorized to issue bonds to finance
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Resources Authority. [SB-1042]
Virginia Resources Authority. Transfers the responsibility for the Virginia Resources Authority from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. This bill is identical to HB 2151.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rosalyn Dance
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0031) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Gas severance tax. [HB-1669]
Gas severance tax. Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield
Left In Finance on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Fort Monroe Authority; increases number of members on Board of Trustees. [SB-1001]
Fort Monroe Authority Board of Trustees; membership; terms. Adds three nonlegislative citizen members to the Fort Monroe Authority Board of Trustees, to be appointed by the Governor. The bill also changes the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Secretary of Natural Resources from voting to nonvoting ex officio members and removes the Lieutenant Governor from membership. This bill is identical to HB 2356.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0215) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report. [SB-1005]
Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided. Provides that, effective July 1, 2019, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities shall include (i) same-day access to mental health screening services and (ii) outpatient primary care screening and monitoring services for physical health indicators and health risks and follow-up services for individuals identified as being in need of assistance with overcoming barriers to accessing primary health services. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0607) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Va Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program. [SB-976]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program; minimum size of industrial sites. Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to HB 1591.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0019) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Local industrial development authorities; port authority. [SB-967]
Chesapeake Port Authority; Chesapeake Economic Development Authority; transfer of powers. Permits the City Council of Chesapeake to transfer the powers of the Chesapeake Port Authority to the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority. Such transfer has the effect of dissolving the Chesapeake Port Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0162) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County. [HB-1600]
Sanitary landfill; gas collection and control system. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the Region 2000 Services Authority (the Authority) to continue to reduce the odor issues at the landfill operated by the Authority in Campbell County and to report on their efforts to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2017. The bill also requires the Authority to connect certain parts of its landfill gas collection system to the existing collection system when its engineers advise
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0341) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc. [HB-1585]
Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town. Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to SB 1237.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0561) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program, etc. [HB-1591]
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program; minimum size of industrial sites. Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to SB 976.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0013) on 02/17/2017