Counties Cities And Towns
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Lien priority; inserts "real estate" in several places related to priority of tax liens. [HB-1992]
Lien priority. Inserts "real estate" in several places related to the priority of tax liens so that the operative language now reads "on a parity with liens for unpaid local real estate taxes." This bill is identical to SB 920.
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Electric personal delivery devices; operation on sidewalks and shared-use paths. [HB-2016]
Electric personal delivery devices. Allows for the operation of electric personal delivery devices on the sidewalks and shared-use paths and across roadways on crosswalks in the Commonwealth unless otherwise prohibited by a locality. The bill directs that such devices shall not be considered vehicles and are exempt from the motor carrier provisions of Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles). This bill is identical to SB 1207.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Zoning appeals, board of; clarifies provisions referring to appeal costs, includes governing body. [HB-1994]
Board of zoning appeals. Clarifies that provisions that currently state that appeal costs may not be awarded against the locality unless it appears to the court that the locality acted in bad faith also apply to the governing body.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate. [HJR-676]
Study; Department of Education; effect of local use value assessment of certain real estate on the composite index of local ability to pay; report. Requests the Department of Education to (i) determine, for each of the 95 localities that have adopted ordinances to provide for the use value assessment and taxation of certain real estate, the use value of all applicable real estate devoted to (a) agricultural use, (b) horticultural use, (c) forest use, and (d) open-space use, as those terms are defined in the Code of Virginia, and (ii) recalculate
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Sanctuary policies; prohibited. [HB-2000]
Sanctuary policies prohibited. Provides that no locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Local government revenues and expenditures; reports to Auditor of Public Accounts. [HB-2003]
Comparative report of local government revenues and expenditures. Provides that the submittal of the comparative report by a locality to the Auditor of Public Accounts shall include a notarized statement from the chief elected official and the chief administrative officer of the locality that the locality's audited financial report has been presented to the local governing body.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds, waiver by localities. [HB-2017]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds; waiver by localities. Authorizes a locality, where the bid, performance, and payment bond requirements are waived, to waive the requirement for prequalification for a bidder or contractor with a current Class A contractor license for nontransportation-related construction contracts in excess of $100,000 but less than $300,000 upon a written determination made in advance by the local governing body that waiving the requirement is in the best interests of the locality. The bill
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Local composite index; supplemental basic aid payments. [HB-1991]
Local composite index; supplemental basic aid payments. Repeals a provision that caps the sum of basic aid payments and supplemental basic aid payments received by certain eligible school divisions at a certain historical level of basic aid payments received by the relevant locality.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Economic Development Access Program; bonded projects. [HB-1973]
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 SB 1591.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
ABC; definition of municipal golf course, food sales exemptions. [HB-1926]
Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); definition of municipal golf course; food sales requirements for mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by municipal golf courses. Defines "municipal golf course" and provides that for mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by municipal golf courses, the ABC Board shall recognize the seasonal nature of the business and waive any applicable monthly food sales requirements for those months when weather conditions may reduce patronage of the
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, et al.; affected local jurisdictions and public entities. [HB-1902]
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; affected local jurisdictions and public entities; consideration of economic impact. Requires a private entity requesting approval to develop and operate a qualifying transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 or a qualifying project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 to include an economic impact analysis identifying any potentially adverse economic or revenue impacts
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. [HJR-648]
Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and update its 1999 study entitled "Review of the Impact of State-Owned Ports on Local Governments."
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Inoperable vehicles; James City County authorized to prohibit any person from keeping, etc. [HB-1976]
Inoperable vehicles; James City County. Authorizes James City County to prohibit any person from keeping, unless shielded or screened from view, on any property zoned or used for residential purposes, or on any property zoned for commercial or agricultural purposes, any inoperable motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Derelict and blighted buildings; land banks, receivership. [HB-1936]
Derelict and blighted buildings; land banks; receivership. Authorizes a locality to petition the circuit court to appoint a land bank entity to act as a receiver in certain limited circumstances to repair derelict and blighted buildings that contain residential dwelling units.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Real property tax; exemption for certain surviving spouses. [HB-1884]
Real property tax exemption; certain surviving spouses. Authorizes localities to exempt the primary residence of the surviving spouse of a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical services personnel who is killed in the line of duty. The exemption does not apply to that portion of the value of the residence in excess of the average assessed value of dwellings in the locality. The bill is pursuant to Article X, Section 6-B of the Constitution of Virginia, which was adopted by the voters in 2016.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conditional rezoning proffers; affordable dwelling units. [HB-1899]
Conditional zoning proffers; affordable dwelling units. Exempts onsite proffers related to affordable dwelling units from provisions that determine whether a proffer is unreasonable.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees. [SB-1118]
Line of Duty Act; firefighter trainees. Includes under the Line of Duty Act a person with a recognized membership status with a fire company or department who is enrolled in a Fire Service Training course offered by the Virginia Department of Fire Programs or required to become a certified firefighter.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
James River; designating additional segment as a scenic river. [SB-1097]
Scenic river designation; James River. Designates a segment of the James River approximately 59 miles long in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The segment runs from the origination of the James River at the confluence of the Jackson and Cowpasture Rivers to the Rockbridge-Amherst-Bedford County line. A 14-mile portion of that segment in Botetourt County is currently so designated.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Police service; civil penalty when excessive number of calls from same property. [HB-1934]
Excessive calls for police service; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance declare that when a property requires an excessive number of calls for police service within a specified time period, the owner of the property is subject to a civil penalty. The locality shall determine in its ordinance the number of calls that is excessive, but no owner shall be cited under such ordinance for fewer than five calls in a 12-month period. The bill requires the ordinance to contain an exclusion for all calls related to domestic violence.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; control of possession in chambers of local governing bodies. [SB-1112]
Control of firearms; chambers of local governing bodies. Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or a combination thereof at any regular or special meeting of such local governing body, provided notice of such prohibition is publicly posted and the meeting room is owned or operated by the locality.