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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Aquaculture; protection of use in an agricultural zone. [SB-1529]
Zoning; aquaculture in agricultural zone; preexisting use. Provides that any aquaculture use that was established on property that was zoned as an agricultural district at the time, but later was rezoned to disallow agriculture, is a valid nonconforming use of the property. The bill also amends a 2014 Act of Assembly that expanded the definition of agricultural products to provide that the act was declaratory of existing law.
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VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon. [HB-2468]
Commissioners and deputy commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; carrying a concealed weapon; carrying a weapon in a courthouse. Permits commissioners and deputy commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to carry a concealed weapon wherever they may travel in the Commonwealth and exempts such persons from the prohibition on carrying firearms in a courthouse.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Water and sewer fees; calculation factors. [SB-1569]
Water and sewer connection fees; calculation factors. Changes the standard a locality may use to calculate the charges for water and sewer connection services from fair and reasonable to practicable and equitable defined by a number of factors. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; established, report. [HB-2474]
Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; report. Creates the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority to improve the transportation into, from, within, and through Southwest Virginia; assist in regional economic development; and generally enhance highway safety in the affected localities through development of a proposed Coalfields Expressway. The bill regulates the membership and duties of the Authority.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Zoning; delinquent charges. [HB-2469]
Zoning; delinquent charges. Provides that the local treasurer may give authorization in an instance where a land use applicant is required to first provide satisfactory evidence that various taxes or charges have been paid.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Food and beverage tax; York County authorized to impose. [SB-1544]
County food and beverage tax; York County. Authorizes York County to impose a food and beverage tax at a rate of up to eight percent. The Board of Supervisors would be required to hold a public hearing and adopt an ordinance implementing the tax by a unanimous vote, but would not be required to hold a referendum.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Term limits; members of certain Authorities in City of Chesapeake limited to two terms. [SB-1553]
Term limits; certain public bodies in City of Chesapeake. Provides that members of the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority, Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chesapeake Airport Authority, and Chesapeake Hospital Authority shall be limited to two terms. The bill provides that members of such authorities serve at the pleasure of the city council and that no member shall work for an authority within one year of serving as a member of that authority. This bill is identical to HB 2449.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Term limits; members of certain Authorities in City of Chesapeake limited to two terms. [HB-2449]
Term limits; certain public bodies in City of Chesapeake. Provides that members of the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority, Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chesapeake Airport Authority, and Chesapeake Hospital Authority shall be limited to two terms. The bill provides that members of such authorities serve at the pleasure of the city council and that no member shall work for an authority within one year of serving as a member of that authority. This bill is identical to SB 1553.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. [HB-2452]
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon written notice by an accused to the court and to the attorney for the Commonwealth, must permit the accused to inspect, copy, or photograph (i) any relevant written or recorded statements or confessions made by the accused and the substance of any oral statements or confessions made by the accused to any law-enforcement officer; (ii) any relevant written reports of autopsies, ballistic tests, fingerprint analyses, handwriting analyses, blood, urine,
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Collection fees, local; an ordinance for collection of overdue accounts. [HB-2442]
Local collection fees. Provides that an ordinance for collection of overdue accounts may also provide for the imposition of collection and administrative fees, not to exceed the amount provided for in § 58.1-3958.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Traffic congestion; measures to relieve in certain areas of the Commonwealth. [HB-2448]
Measures to relieve traffic congestion in certain areas of the Commonwealth. Requires that 50 percent of payments from the Commissioner of Highways to a locality for the maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of highways be based on the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on highways within the locality to the total vehicle miles traveled on highways in the Commonwealth. Under current law, such payments are based on the number of moving-lane-miles in the locality, and under the bill, the remaining 50 percent of such payments will continue on
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Motor vehicles, local licensure; eliminates ability of a locality to assess local license fees. [HB-2447]
Local licensure of motor vehicles. Eliminates the ability of a locality to assess local license fees for motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Concealed weapons; carrying of firearms by former attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc. [HB-2424]
Carrying concealed weapons; former attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth. Exempts from the prohibition on carrying a concealed handgun a retired or resigned attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth who (i) was not terminated for cause and served at least 10 years prior to his retirement or resignation; (ii) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at his own expense, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth;
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Parking of certain vehicles; local regulation. [SB-1514]
Local regulation of parking of certain vehicles. Adds Leesburg to the towns that are permitted to regulate or prohibit the parking on any public highway of watercraft, boat trailers, motor homes, and camping trailers and to regulate or prohibit the parking of commercial vehicles on any public highway in a residence district.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Existing buildings; manual entry door hardware. [SB-1515]
Existing buildings; manual entry door hardware. Authorizes a locality to require property owners by ordinance to install manual entry door hardware in any building located in its jurisdiction where such fitting is affordable and readily achievable. The bill excludes historic buildings.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Property tax; notice by locality of public hearing of tax increase. [SB-1520]
Increase in property tax; public hearing. Changes the notice required by a governing body for a public hearing when a reassessment of real property in a locality would result in an increase of one percent or more in the property tax levied. Current law requires notice to be published at least 30 days in advance of a public hearing through both publication in a newspaper of general circulation and posting in a prominent location in the building where the government body conducts its business. The bill would require newspaper publication at least
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Candidates; petition signature requirements in certain towns. [HB-2397]
Candidate petitions; signature requirements for candidates in certain towns. Requires petitions for candidates for the governing body or elected school board of towns to contain a minimum of (i) 125 signatures of qualified voters in towns with more than 3,500 registered voters and (ii) 50 signatures of qualified voters in towns with at least 1,500 but not more than 3,500 registered voters. No candidate petition is required for local offices in towns with fewer than 1,500 registered voters.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony. [SB-1487]
Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides that any officer who is convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States shall be automatically suspended upon such conviction, regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 2364.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings. [SB-1459]
Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings. Provides that the attorney for a locality may prepare and file any pleadings necessary in a proceeding to discharge the treasurer. If the locality does not have an attorney, or the attorney declines or is unable to perform this task, the circuit court shall assign legal counsel.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony. [HB-2364]
Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony. Provides that any officer who is convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States shall be automatically suspended upon such conviction, regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1487.