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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Independent policing auditor; county manager plan of government. [SB-388]
County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall serve
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 03/08/2022
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Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published. [SB-417]
Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published by localities. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review requirements throughout the Code of Virginia for localities to provide public notice for intended actions and events, including (i) the varying frequency for publishing notices in newspapers and other print media, (ii) the number of days required to elapse between the publications of notices, and (iii) the amount of information required to be contained in each notice, and make
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0130) on 04/07/2022
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License taxes, local; limitation of authority. [SB-385]
Local license taxes; limitation of authority. Prohibits a locality from imposing a license tax on a director of a bank or trust company that is subject to the bank franchise tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0660) on 04/11/2022
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Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption, etc., definitions. [SB-380]
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Exempts food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products (the grocery tax) from all state, regional, and local sales taxes. The bill dedicates state sales tax revenue to provide a supplemental school payment to counties and cities. For fiscal year 2023, the payment is the county or city's fiscal year 2022 distribution of revenue from the grocery tax. For fiscal year 2024 and after, the payment is the previous year's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Incorporated By Finance And Appropriations on 02/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Building energy use intensity; reporting, reduction, requirements, incentive programs. [HB-998]
Building energy use intensity; reporting; reduction; requirements; incentives and incentive programs. Allows localities to incentivize, by ordinance, the owner or operator of a building meeting certain criteria, or an agent of such owner or operator, to report energy use intensity (EUI) information and reduce EUI. The bill allows localities to set EUI requirements for certain buildings and develop local incentive programs for increasing building energy efficiency.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/15/2022
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Cemeteries; registration, publication prior to sale. [HB-961]
Cemeteries; registration; publication prior to sale. Expands provisions that allow localities to adopt an ordinance setting forth a register of identified cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property not belonging to any memorial or monumental association by providing that such localities shall publish a notice prior to the public sale of any publicly owned property that contains a known cemetery, graveyard, or other place of burial, or as soon thereafter as possible. The notice shall specify that a cemetery is present
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0369) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published. [HB-1131]
Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published by localities. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review requirements throughout the Code of Virginia for localities to provide public notice for intended actions and events, including (i) the varying frequency for publishing notices in newspapers and other print media, (ii) the number of days required to elapse between the publications of notices, and (iii) the amount of information required to be contained in each notice, and make
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Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0129) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Retail Sales & Use Tax, additional local; use of revenues for construction or renovation of schools. [HB-1099]
Additional local sales and use tax; use of revenues for construction or renovation of schools. Allows any county or city to levy a local general retail sales tax and a local use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent as determined by its governing body to provide revenues solely for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, the power to levy such local sales and use taxes for the construction or renovation of schools is limited to the qualifying localities of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Left In Finance on 02/15/2022
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Elections; time of certain local elections. [HB-1082]
Elections; time of certain local elections. Removes a provision that requires local elections for mayor, members of a local governing body, or members of an elected school board to be held at the time of the November general election. The bill allows cities and towns that made the transition between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, to provide by ordinance for its reversal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
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Real property tax; assessment cycles by counties. [HB-951]
Real property tax; reassessment cycles. Authorizes counties to conduct a general reassessment of real estate every three years if determined by majority vote of a county's board of supervisors. Current law requires counties to conduct a general reassessment every four years, with exceptions authorized for specified counties.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0361) on 04/11/2022
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Real property; additional tax on commercial and industrial property in certain localities. [HB-1114]
Additional real property tax on commercial and industrial property in certain localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
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Real property taxes; notice of proposed increase, notice of public hearing. [HB-1010]
Real property taxes; notice of proposed increase. Adjusts the notice requirements for public hearings held to increase property taxes in localities that conduct their reassessment of real estate more than once every four years. The bill requires such localities to provide notice of any such hearing on a different day and in a different notice from any notice published for the annual budget hearing. Under current law, such hearings are required when a locality seeks to raise its property tax rate above a rate that would collect more than 101 percent
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0029) on 03/11/2022
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Cities and counties; distribution of recordation tax. [HB-978]
Distribution of recordation tax to cities and counties. Reestablishes the distribution of $20 million of state recordation tax revenue to counties and cities to be used for transportation or public education purposes. Legislation in 2020 dedicated the $20 million to the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. G. Avoli
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
License taxes, local; limitation of authority. [HB-1084]
Local license taxes; limitation of authority. Prohibits a locality from imposing a license tax on a director of a bank or trust company that is subject to the bank franchise tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0659) on 04/11/2022
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Approved local volunteer activities; enables localities to provide credit against taxes & fees. [HB-911]
Local credits for approved local volunteer activities. Enables localities, by ordinance, to provide a credit against taxes and fees imposed by the locality to an individual who provides approved volunteer services in the locality. As defined in the bill, "approved volunteer services" includes (i) volunteer first responders or (ii) individuals who perform volunteer services to a nonprofit organization or to the locality, if such services are approved by the locality. The bill specifies that the credit shall not be applied against any property taxes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0773) on 04/27/2022
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Elections; time of certain local elections. [HB-1109]
Elections; time of certain local elections. Removes a provision that requires local elections for mayor, members of a local governing body, or members of an elected school board to be held at the time of the November general election. The bill allows cities and towns that made the transition between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, to provide by ordinance for its reversal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
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Election officials, state and local; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. [HB-1101]
State and local elections officials; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. Prohibits state and local elections officials from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of any moneys, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. The bill specifically provides that the operation of a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
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Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. [HB-1016]
Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Marshall
Stricken From Docket By Counties, Cities And Towns (22-y 0-n) on 01/28/2022
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Local government; employment of grant writer. [HB-1055]
Local government; employment of grant writer. Requires all counties and cities to employ a grant writer to assist individuals and organizations with (i) researching and identifying public and private grant opportunities; (ii) developing, writing, and submitting proposals to federal, state, and private funding agencies; and (iii) satisfying eligibility requirements for grant funds sought or received.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
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Cigarette tax, local; identifying unsold inventory, localities that increase taxes. [HB-1076]
Local cigarette tax; unsold inventory. Requires any locality that increases its cigarette tax rate to allow, for one calendar year after the increase, a person with unsold inventory to pay the tax increase on the unsold inventory by filing a return, rather than requiring the use of a stamp or meter impression. The bill imposes a duty on regional cigarette tax boards to effectuate the policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph McNamara
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0224) on 04/08/2022