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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Grass; Buchanan County authorized to require owners to cut. [HB-2351]
Unoccupied property; grass cutting; Buchanan County. Authorizes Buchanan County, by ordinance, to require owners of unoccupied or abandoned property to cut grass on the property or to cut grass on the property and charge the owner for the service.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield
Requires 27 Affirmative Votes For Passage on 02/20/2017
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Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions. [HB-2323]
Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions, charges, and arrests. Prohibits state agencies from including on any employment application a question inquiring whether the prospective employee has ever been arrested or charged with, or convicted of, any crime, subject to certain exceptions. A prospective employee may not be asked if he has ever been convicted of any crime unless the inquiry takes place after the prospective employee has received a conditional offer of employment, which offer may be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Left In General Laws on 02/08/2017
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Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates. [HB-2331]
Community services boards; preadmission screening; regional jail inmates. Provides that the duties of a community services board include reviewing any existing Memorandum of Understanding between the community services board and any other community services boards that serve the regional jail to ensure that such memorandum sets forth the roles and responsibilities of each community services board in the preadmission screening process, provides for communication and information sharing protocols between the community services boards, and provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0601) on 03/16/2017
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Wireless communications infrastructure; procedure for approved by localities. [SB-1282]
Wireless communications infrastructure. Provides a uniform procedure for the way in which small cell facilities on existing structures are approved by localities and approved and installed in public rights-of-way. The measure includes provisions that establish requirements applicable to the location of micro-wireless facilities. The measure also addresses restrictions by localities and the Department of Transportation regarding the use of public rights-of-way or easements and specifies when a permittee may be required to relocate wireless support
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0835) on 04/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conflicts of Interests Acts, State & Local Government & General Assembly, lobbyist; filing. [SB-1312]
Lobbyist reporting, the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; filing of required disclosures; registration of lobbyists; candidate filings; judges; definition of gift; informal advice; civil penalties; technical amendments. Makes numerous changes to the laws governing lobbyist reporting, the conflict of interest acts, and the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council (the Council), including (i) allowing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to suspend any penalty that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0832) on 04/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Comprehensive plan; telecommunications towers and facilities in Northern Virginia. [SB-1354]
Comprehensive plan; telecommunications towers and facilities; Planning District 8. Provides that localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) have the option to enact ordinances that deem proposed telecommunications towers or facilities constructed by certain entities to be substantially in accord with the comprehensive plan if any such proposed telecommunications tower or facility is located in a zoning district that allows such telecommunications towers or facilities by right, in which case local planning commission approval shall not
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Local Government (10-y 2-n 1-a) on 01/31/2017
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Regional jails; reimbursement of capital costs of construction, etc., to locality. [SB-1313]
Reimbursement of capital costs; regional jails; regional contracts for cooperative jailing. Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, the Commonwealth shall reimburse a locality a maximum of one-fourth of the capital costs for any regional jail construction, enlargement, or renovation project that has been approved by the Governor on or after July 1, 2017, and specifically authorized in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0211) on 02/23/2017
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Conflicts of Interests Acts, State and Local Government and General Assembly; prohibited gifts. [SB-1294]
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; certain gifts prohibited. Replaces the $100 annual cap on gifts to (i) members of and candidates for the General Assembly and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal and (ii) state and local officers and employees required to file a statement of economic interests and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal or a person, organization, or business who is or is seeking to become a party to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Left In Rules on 02/08/2017
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Enterprise zone grants and tax credits; qualified real property improvement expenditures. [SB-1328]
Enterprise zone grants and tax credits; qualified real property improvement expenditures. Provides that an expenditure for an improvement to real property may qualify for a grant or tax credit regardless of whether it is capitalized or deducted as a business
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0451) on 03/13/2017
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Prisoners; orders permitting to work on public works projects. [SB-1290]
Orders permitting prisoners to work on public works projects; sentencing. Provides that a circuit court or general district court judge may request any local governing body within the judicial circuit or district of such judge to establish prisoner workforces. The bill adds prisoner workforces to the list of authorized workplaces that a circuit court or general district court can order a prisoner to perform work and receive credit toward his sentence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benton Chafin
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rehabilitation And Social Services (13-y 0-n) on 01/20/2017
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Municipal elections; local option for timing of elections, effective date. [SB-1304]
Local option for timing of municipal elections; effective date. Provides that the statutory authority allowing a city or town to move its local elections to the November general election date by ordinance notwithstanding a charter provision to the contrary shall be retroactively effective beginning on July 1, 2000, in keeping with the intent of the General Assembly when first granting such authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0165) on 02/23/2017
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Cigarettes; all localities allowed to impose a tax. [SB-1329]
Local cigarette taxes. Allows all localities to impose a cigarette tax by removing the requirement that only those localities that had such authority prior to 1977 are eligible. The bill sets a maximum rate on the cigarette tax imposed by counties of five cents per pack or the amount levied under state law, whichever is greater.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (15-y 1-n) on 01/24/2017
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Study; Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; local government officers. [SJR-289]
Study; Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; local government officers and employees; report. Directs the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to study the procedures for the filing and review of disclosure forms by local government officers and employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules With Letter By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Law enforcement, local; fees for concealed handgun permits, courthouse and courtroom security. [SB-1422]
Local law enforcement; fees for concealed handgun permits; courthouse and courtroom security; assessment. Eliminates (i) the fee, under current law up to $35, that a local law-enforcement agency is permitted to charge for conducting the background investigation for a concealed handgun permit and (ii) the requirement that the local law-enforcement agency forward to the State Police any amount assessed by the FBI for providing criminal history record information in the background investigation. The bill makes discretionary the current mandatory fee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17104411d-s1 on 01/18/2017
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Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. [SB-1325]
Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Increases from 1,500 feet to 3,000 feet the distance from Interstate 81 within which the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may grant mixed beverage licenses to establishments located on property on either frontage road between mile markers 75 and 86 in the County of Wythe.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0595) on 03/16/2017
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Group homes; written notice prior to issuance of license. [SB-1373]
Group homes. Provides that any entity intending to locate a public or private detention home, group home, or other residential care facility in a locality shall give the chief administrative officer of that locality and the president of any home owner's association for the neighborhood in which such public or private detention home, group home, or other residential care facility is to be located at least 90 days written notice prior to the issuance of the license. The bill also states that no initial license to operate a public or private detention
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Left In Local Government on 02/08/2017
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Foreclosure advertisements; posted at courthouse and on local government or circuit court website. [SB-1368]
Foreclosure advertisements; posted at courthouse and on local government or circuit court website. Provides that, in lieu of newspaper advertisements, foreclosure sales shall be advertised at the courthouse and on the website of the public government of the locality served by the court or of the circuit court for the county or city in which the property to be sold is located, and that the clerk shall place a small notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city or county in which the property to be sold is located informing the public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17105067d-s1 on 02/01/2017
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Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. [SB-1385]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (11-y 4-n) on 01/18/2017
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Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue. [SB-1320]
Admissions tax; Washington County. Authorizes Washington County to impose a tax on admissions to a multi-sports complex and entertainment venue that (i) is located on land that contains at least 250 acres and (ii) is in business on or before June 30, 2027. For purposes of the tax, "entertainment venue" does not include a movie theater. The tax shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount of charge for admission to any such venue. The bill expires on July 1, 2027, if no such venue is in business on or before June 30, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0450) on 03/13/2017
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Hampton Roads Sanitation District; adds County of Surry to territory. [SB-1311]
Hampton Roads Sanitation District; adding territory. Adds the County of Surry, excluding the Town of Claremont, to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District territory. The bill also adds a resident of Surry County as a potential appointee for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission member who under current law must be a resident of the City of Suffolk or Isle of Wight County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0218) on 02/23/2017