Charters
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Manassas Park. [SB-1245]
[Education ]
Charter; City of Manassas Park. Provides that the city may set its school calendar based on several criteria related to Advanced Placement exams, students qualifying for free or reduced meals, and students receiving English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services.
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Charter; City of Falls Church. [SB-1198]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
Charter; City of Falls Church. Allows the city to set the tax year for real estate, tangible personal property, and machinery and tools by ordinance.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Bedford [SB-1040]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Bedford. Creates a charter for the Town of Bedford, formerly the City of Bedford. The charter describes the incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the new town; provides for the administration, government, and financial administration of the town through its mayor, council, and town manager; and contains general provisions addressing the continuance of the government of the former city and other matters.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Richlands. [HB-2318]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Richlands. Provides a new charter for the town. The bill updates references to the Code of Virginia, provides gender neutrality, and corrects outdated provisions.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Coeburn. [HB-2260]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Coeburn. Clarifies that the town council may appoint certain town officers.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Front Royal. [HB-2051]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Front Royal. Amends the town's charter by updating the boundary description. The bill also details the duties of town officers, updates references to the timing of elections, clarifies various town powers, and eliminates or updates numerous other provisions.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Portsmouth. [HB-1961]
[Elections ]
Charter; City of Portsmouth. Changes the deadline for the filing of a petition nominating a candidate for the office of mayor or city council member from the first Tuesday in June to the second Tuesday of June of the year of election. The amendment also moves the deadline for appointing a campaign treasurer from the first to the second Tuesday of June and makes the technical change of allowing the circulation of petitions to begin on January 1, as permitted by the Code of Virginia, rather than on the first Tuesday in January.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Bedford. [HB-1755]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Bedford. Creates a charter for the Town of Bedford, formerly the City of Bedford. The charter describes the incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the new town; provides for the administration, government, and financial administration of the town through its mayor, council, and town manager; and contains general provisions addressing the continuance of the government of the former city and other matters.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Norfolk. [HB-1706]
[Elections ]
Charter; City of Norfolk. Shifts the election cycle for the mayor by providing that the person elected mayor at the 2014 election shall be elected for a term of two years only.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Clintwood. [HB-1698]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Clintwood. Updates the boundary description in the charter of the Town of Clintwood. Other changes include removing or updating references to outdated town officers, removing outdated provisions related to the mayor's powers, revising council salary provisions, and removing and updating outdated town powers.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Fairfax. [HB-1533]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
Charter; City of Fairfax. Increases the maximum transient occupancy tax that the city may levy from four percent to six percent. Any amount above four percent shall be placed into an economic development opportunity fund to be used solely for economic development, marketing, or tourism initiatives.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Manassas Park. [HB-1530]
[Education ]
Charter; City of Manassas Park. Provides that the city may set its school calendar based on several criteria related to Advanced Placement exams, students qualifying for free or reduced meals, and students receiving English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Hampton. [HB-1493]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Charter; City of Hampton. Updates provisions related to the initial meeting of council and the election of the school board.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Chase City. [HB-1452]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
Charter; Town of Chase City. Increases salary caps for the mayor and members of town council. The bill also removes outdated provisions related to a municipal court.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Monterey. [HB-1440]
[Taxes ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
[Crime ]
Charter; Town of Monterey. Enacts a charter for the Town of Monterey in Highland County, repealing the former charter of 1952, as amended. The charter describes the powers and boundaries of the town; provides for a mayor and town council and sets a schedule for their elections; provides for the appointment of a town clerk and sets out his duties; and establishes the powers of the council, including the powers to create policing arrangements, provide punishments for violations of ordinances, and levy taxes. The charter also contains general provisions
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; City of Falls Church. [HB-1418]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
Charter; City of Falls Church. Allows the city to set the tax year for real estate, tangible personal property, and machinery and tools by ordinance.
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Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Charter; Town of Kilmarnock. [HB-1390]
[Community Development ]
Charter; Town of Kilmarnock. Amends the town's charter of 1952, as amended, regarding the town's boundaries; the service of council members appointed to fill vacant seats; the authorities of the town manager and the director of public utilities; the use of electronic meeting minutes; and other matters. The amendments clarify the duties and terms of service of the town clerk and town treasurer and reduce the proportion of council members who must vote to set the salaries of council members from two-thirds of the full membership to a majority of those
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Property Tax - Charter Counties - Education Funding [SB-740]
[Property Tax ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the county council of a charter county to set a property tax rate higher than authorized by a county charter or to collect more property tax revenues than authorized under the county charter under specified circumstances for the sole purpose of funding education; requiring a charter county to appropriate to the local board of education specified revenues and prohibiting a charter county from reducing specified funding to the local board of education under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Education - Public Schools - Parent Trigger [HB-831]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing parents and legal guardians of students attending public schools that are subject to corrective action and are not making adequate yearly progress to petition county boards of education to implement interventions; requiring county boards to notify the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Board of Education on receipt of petitions and of the final dispositions regarding the petitions; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Property Tax - Charter Counties - Limits [HB-83]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing the county council of a charter county, by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the council, to set a property tax rate that is higher than the rate authorized under the county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter, notwithstanding any provision of a county charter that places a limit on that county's property tax rate or revenues; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2012.