Counties Cities And Towns
Virginia 2021 Special I
Trees; replacement and conservation during development, effective clause. [SB-1393]
Replacement and conservation of trees during development; work group. Gives a locality the ability to exceed general requirements in its tree replacement and conservation ordinances in specific circumstances, including development that impacts stormwater permit requirements, recurrent flooding, formerly redlined areas, and comprehensive plan compliance. The bill also directs the Secretary of Natural Resources and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of developing and providing recommendations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0090) on 03/12/2021
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Highway construction by state or local employees; limit. [HB-1813]
Highway construction by state or local employees; limit. Increases from $600,000 to $700,000 the value of highway maintenance and construction projects eligible to be performed by state or local employees. Highway construction by state or local employees; limit. Increases from $600,000 to $700,000 the value of highway maintenance and construction projects eligible to be performed by state or local employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0260) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc. [HB-2161]
Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's military status, defined as a member of the uniformed services of the United States or a reserve component thereof or a spouse or other dependent of the same. The bill also prohibits terms in a rental agreement in which the tenant agrees to waive remedies or rights under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act prior to the occurrence of a dispute between
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0477) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Test driving vehicles; residence districts, civil penalty. [HB-2318]
Test driving vehicles; residence districts; civil penalty. Authorizes localities by ordinance to require motor vehicle dealers in the locality to notify a buyer or potential buyer that test driving a motor vehicle in a residence district that has been designated for increased fines is prohibited, unless the buyer or potential driver is driving to or from his residence. The bill requires the locality to notify licensed motor vehicle dealers located within the locality of the enactment of such ordinance and send a copy of such notification to the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0433) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Continuity of government; extends period of time that locality may provide after disaster, etc. [SB-1208]
Continuity of government. Extends from six to 12 months the period of time after an enemy attack or other disaster that a locality may, by ordinance, provide for a method to assure continuity in its government and requires the ordinance to provide a method for the locality to resume normal governmental authority by the end of that 12-month period.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0295) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Tourism Development Authority; name change. [SB-1399]
Tourism Development Authority; name change. Renames the Tourism Development Authority, also known as the Virginia Coalfield Regional Tourism Development Authority, as the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority. The bill contains technical amendments. Tourism Development Authority; name change. Renames the Tourism Development Authority, also known as the Virginia Coalfield Regional Tourism Development Authority, as the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0384) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Brunswick County school board; appointed school board salaries. [SB-1175]
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: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0081) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government. [HB-1854]
Naming U.S. Route 29; county manager plan of government. Authorizes the board of any locality that has adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to name any section of U.S. Route 29 located within the boundaries of the locality. The bill provides that the Department of Transportation will place and maintain appropriate signs that will be paid for by the locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0261) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license. [HB-2266]
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. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0390) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County. [HB-2287]
Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County; quorum. Reduces from seven to five the number of members that may be appointed to the economic development authority board by Powhatan County and reduces the quorum requirement to three members.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0321) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer. [HB-1948]
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid; duty to report wrongdoing by another law-enforcement officer. Requires any law-enforcement officer on duty who witnesses another person suffering from a serious bodily injury or a life-threatening condition to render aid and makes it a duty to report acts of wrongdoing, defined in the bill and including bias-based profiling, committed by another law-enforcement officer on duty. Any law-enforcement officer who fails to render such aid or report such wrongdoing committed by another law-enforcement officer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Reconsidered By Judiciary on 02/17/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth. [SB-1594]
Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth. Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0674) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects. [SB-1591]
Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects. Imposes a 48-month moratorium on the repayment of funds allocated to a locality for a bonded project pursuant to the Economic Development Access Program, provided that the conditions of the Commonwealth Transportation Board's economic development access policy are met. The bill has an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1973.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0558) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; property tax, exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, etc. [SJR-331]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax; exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, and resiliency efforts. Provides that the General Assembly may authorize a county, city, or town to partially exempt any real subject to recurring flooding upon which flooding abatement, mitigation, or resiliency efforts have been undertaken.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0773) on 03/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory. [SB-1586]
Local and regional libraries; boards not mandatory. Provides an exemption for counties with a charter from having to create a managing library board appointed by the local governing body. This bill is identical to HB 1787.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0408) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Short-term rental of property; registration of persons offering property for rental. [SB-1578]
Short-term rental of property. Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance requiring the registration of persons offering property for short-term rental. The bill defines "short-term rental" as the provision of a room or space suitable for sleeping or lodging for less than 30 consecutive days in exchange for a charge for the occupancy. Persons and entities already licensed or registered related to the rental or management of property by the Department of Health, the Real Estate Board, the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act, or a locality would
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0741) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Short-term rental; affirms rights of localities to regulate rental of property. [SB-1579]
Short-term rental of property. Affirms the rights of localities to regulate the short-term rental of property, defined as the provision of space suitable for sleeping or lodging for fewer than 30 days. If a locality allows short-term rentals, the locality shall require that the person offering property for rental notify adjacent landowners in writing, obtain local permission to offer the property for rental, and carry a minimum of $500,000 of commercial premises liability insurance. If a locality prohibits short-term rentals, any person or entity,
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Committee Amendments on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Blanket surety bonds; proof of coverage of local officer. [SB-1558]
Blanket surety bonds; proof of coverage of local officer. Allows a local officer required to give bond to provide confirmation from the Division of Risk Management that such officer is included in a blanket surety bond. Current law requires the officer to provide an extract of the master surety bond as proof of coverage.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0598) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Zoning appeals, board of; recipient to receive notice of zoning violation. [SB-1559]
Board of zoning appeals. Requires that the recipient of certain notices from the board of zoning appeals receive notice via registered mail to the last known address or usual place of abode of the property owner or its registered agent, if any, prior to the commencement of the 30-day appeal period.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0665) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. [SB-1563]
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon written notice by an accused to the court and to the attorney for the Commonwealth, to permit the accused to inspect, copy, or photograph (i) any relevant written or recorded statements or confessions made by the accused or any codefendant, or the substance of any oral statements or confessions made by the accused or any codefendant; (ii) any relevant written reports of autopsies, ballistic tests, fingerprint analyses, handwriting analyses, blood, urine,
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017