Counties Cities And Towns
Virginia 2021 Special I
Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license. [SB-1471]
Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license. Renames the "local special events" license as the "designated outdoor refreshment area" license. The bill allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to increase the frequency and duration of events held under such license after adoption of an ordinance by a locality requesting such increase in frequency and duration. Under current law, localities are limited to holding 16 events per year under such license, with each event lasting no
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0391) on 03/25/2021
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Municipal elections; shifting elections to November. [SB-1157]
Shifting municipal elections to November. Shifts all municipal elections for city and town council and school board from May to November, beginning with elections held after January 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0103) on 03/12/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements throughout the Commonwealth. [HB-2201]
Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements and special exceptions throughout the Commonwealth. Expands existing provisions related to siting agreements and zoning special exceptions for solar projects located in an opportunity zone to include energy storage projects and makes the provisions statewide. The bill provides that its provisions shall not apply to any energy storage project that has received zoning and site plan approval, preliminary or otherwise, from the host locality before January 1, 2021. The bill also provides that its
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0057) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Local elections for governing bodies; elections for school boards, qualification of voters. [HB-2198]
Local elections for governing bodies; elections for school boards; qualification of voters. Provides that in a locality that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the governing body or school board, the member elected from each district or ward is to be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022. Local elections for governing bodies; elections for school boards; qualification of voters. Provides that in a
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0225) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Public access authorities; granted certain liability protections. [HB-2217]
Liability of public access authorities. Grants public access authorities, including the land holdings and facilities of such authorities, certain liability protections that are currently given to localities in relation to parks, recreational facilities, and playgrounds.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0424) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Hampton Roads area refuse collection authority; financial planning. [SB-1141]
Hampton Roads area refuse collection authority; financial planning. Changes various requirements of the Southeastern Public Service Authority (the Authority) when budgeting or incurring debt, including (i) changing the required five-year overall strategic plan to a financial plan, (ii) specifying that detailed financial plans be made only when incurring long-term debt or issuing new debt, (iii) authorizing other qualified financial consultants instead of a certified public accountant to assist in the creation of the detailed financial plan, (iv)
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0325) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Vacant buildings; registration. [SB-1285]
Vacant buildings; registration. Removes the requirement that a building meet the definition of "derelict building" and instead requires that such building potentially endanger the public health, safety, or welfare in order for the Town of Clifton Forge, the Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and rehabilitation district of the town, the Town of Timberville, and any city to require, by ordinance, the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and pay
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
(requires 67 Affirmative Votes To Pass) on 02/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Brunswick County school board; appointed school board salaries. [HB-1798]
Brunswick County school board; appointed school board salaries. Removes the Brunswick County school board from the list of approved member salaries for appointed school boards. The Brunswick County school board is currently an elected school board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roslyn Tyler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0020) on 02/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Removal of clutter from property; definition, civil penalty. [HB-1778]
Removal of clutter from property; civil penalty. Provides that a locality may by ordinance require the removal of clutter from property, except on land zoned for or in active farming operation, or may, whenever the governing body deems it necessary, after reasonable notice, have such clutter removed by its own agents or employees, in which event the cost or expenses thereof shall be chargeable to and paid by the owners of such property and may be collected by the locality as taxes are collected. The bill defines "clutter" as including mechanical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0125) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Mathews County; appointment of bd. of director to the Economic Development Authority of the County. [HB-2186]
Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act; directors; Mathews County. Provides that the Mathews County board of supervisors may appoint one employee of the locality onto the board of directors for the Economic Development Authority of the County of Mathews. Under current law, no locality's economic development authority director may be an officer or employee of the relevant locality with certain exceptions for towns with a population of less than 3,500 and Buchanan and Frederick Counties.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0422) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district. [HB-1903]
Local government authority; reduction of speed limits. Authorizes local governing bodies to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 miles per hour, in a business district or residence district.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0318) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Child-care services; regulation in localities. [HB-2326]
Regulation of child-care services in localities. Expands to include all cities the authority related to the regulation of child-care services that is currently available to certain Northern Virginia localities. This will have the effect of granting all cities authority by ordinance to regulate child-care facilities that provide regular care to one or more children not related by blood or marriage.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0479) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Va. Public Procurement Act; determination of responsibility, etc. [HB-1996]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of responsibility; local option to include criteria in Invitation to Bid. Allows localities to include in the Invitation to Bid criteria that may be used in determining whether any bidder, not just any bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation as under current law, is a responsible bidder.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology (9-y 6-n) on 02/17/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Comprehensive plan; provision for transit-oriented development. [HB-2054]
Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Adds reducing, modifying, or waiving local parking requirements or ratios to the strategies that may be included when certain larger localities consider incorporating strategies to promote transit-oriented development in reviews of their comprehensive plans. The bill removes from the existing strategy of increasing development density in certain areas to reduce density in others the phrase "to reduce density in others."
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0412) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
State and local buildings, certain; building standards. [HB-2001]
Building standards for certain state and local buildings. Requires that any executive branch agency or institution or locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building ensure that such building has sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure, defined in the bill, and has features that permit the agency or institution to track the building's energy efficiency
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0473) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
GO Virginia Grants; matching funds, extends sunset provision. [HB-2101]
GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Delays from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, the sunset of the provision of the Code of Virginia allowing a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants. GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Delays from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, the sunset of the provision of the Code of Virginia allowing a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wampler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0146) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Zoning appeals, board of; appointments. [HB-1898]
Board of zoning appeals; appointments. Provides an exception to the general rule that an elected official cannot be appointed to a board of zoning appeals by allowing an elected official from a town to serve on the board of zoning appeals of the county in which the member also resides. Board of zoning appeals; appointments. Provides an exception to the general rule that an elected official cannot be appointed to a board of zoning appeals by allowing an elected official from a town to serve on the board of zoning appeals of the county in which the
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0355) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input. [HB-2131]
Alcoholic beverage control; license application; corrective action. Adds the chief administrative officer of a locality to the list of persons who may be sent notice of certain license applications by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. The bill also expands the definition of "criminal blight" for which the locality may require a property owner to take corrective action to include a condition existing on real property that endangers public health or safety and is caused by (i) the regular presence on the
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0186) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Illegal gambling; skill games, definitions, enforcement by localities and Attorney General. [SB-1465]
Illegal gambling; skill games; civil penalty; enforcement by localities and Attorney General. Provides that any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device that is located in an unregulated location is subject to a civil penalty of up to $25,000. The bill provides that the Attorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to enjoin the operation of a gambling
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0329) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. [HB-1818]
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who have at least five years of service and are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any individual who was diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before July 1,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0436) on 03/30/2021