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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cigarette tax, local; refund of returned tax stamps. [HB-1950]
Local cigarette tax. Requires localities that impose a local cigarette tax and require stamps as evidence of payment to provide a refund for any stamps that are returned to the locality.
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Economic revitalization zones; counties may establish by ordinance. [HB-1970]
Creation of economic revitalization zones in counties. Grants counties authority to create economic revitalization zones. The zones shall be for the purpose of providing incentives to private entities to purchase real property and interests in real property to assemble parcels suitable for economic development. Each county establishing an economic revitalization zone may grant incentives and provide regulatory flexibility. This authority currently exists for cities.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Slingbow hunting; authorizes use to hunt small and big game. [HB-1938]
Slingbow hunting; license. Authorizes the use of a slingbow to hunt deer and small game when a hunter is licensed to hunt with a bow and arrow.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Local cigarette tax. [HB-1925]
Local cigarette tax. Authorizes all counties to impose a cigarette tax. Under current law, only the Counties of Fairfax and Arlington are authorized to impose a cigarette tax.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Aquaculture; protection of use in an agricultural zone. [HB-1897]
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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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Spotsylvania Parkway; VDOT to maintain a certain segment beginning in 2020. [HB-1836]
Virginia Department of Transportation to maintain a certain segment of Spotsylvania Parkway beginning in 2020. Requires the Virginia Department of Transportation, as of July 1, 2020, to take over maintenance of an approximately two-mile segment of Spotsylvania Parkway that is currently maintained pursuant to a 2005 "Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement" unless the homeowners association that is party to such cost-sharing agreement and Spotsylvania County reach a new road maintenance agreement prior to July 1, 2020.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conflicts of Interests Acts, State & Local Government & General Assembly, lobbyist; filing. [HB-1854]
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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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Tethering of dogs; local ordinances. [HB-1877]
Tethering of dogs; local ordinances. Authorizes the governing body of any locality to adopt ordinances limiting the amount of time during which a dog may be tethered.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Real property tax; board of equalization members in certain counties. [HB-1820]
Real property tax; board of equalization in certain counties. Requires that the board of equalization of real estate assessments in any county having the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) be composed of an odd number of not less than three nor more than 11 members, as determined by the local governing body. The circuit court of the county shall appoint a number of members equal to the lowest number that constitutes a majority of members, and the governing body shall appoint the remainder.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting. [HB-1808]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; use of best value contracting; construction and professional services. Authorizes any public body to procure construction on a best value procurement basis using a numerical scoring system consisting of the following: (i) technical solution, 30 percent; (ii) past performance, 30 percent, including (a) price history of cost overruns, (b) schedule history of on-time delivery, and (c) contractor performance ratings from the immediately preceding five-year period; and (iii) price, 40 percent. The Request for Proposal
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers. [HJR-630]
Study; study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers; report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers and report on the effectiveness and cost of such reorganization.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Proffers; notice of amendment. [HB-1797]
Amendment of proffers; notice. Provides that when any landowner applies to the governing body for amendments to proffered conditions, direct mail notice shall be given to those directly affected by the amendment.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC to study feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money. [HJR-627]
Study; JLARC to study feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money to localities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the feasibility of allocating a larger portion of Virginia Lottery prize money to localities. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) review how the Virginia Lottery would be affected if prizes were reduced by up to five percent to provide a greater return to localities, (ii) determine if operation costs could be reduced to provide an alternative way to return
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory. [HB-1787]
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 SB 1586.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Regulation of taxicabs. [HB-1761]
Regulation of taxicabs. Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town that regulates taxicabs may authorize any taxicab to operate software-based devices that utilize GPS or other measurement data in the calculation of time-and-distance fares, notwithstanding the requirements for the specifications and tolerances for measuring and weighing devices. The bill repeals the requirement that all taxicabs display roof signs and specific markings. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information. [SB-1048]
Death certificate; amendments. Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2276.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conditional rezoning proffers; provisions applicable to certain proffers. [HB-1735]
Conditional rezoning proffers. Provides that for purposes of determining what constitutes the requesting of an unreasonable proffer, the term "locality" shall not include a person participating at a meeting sponsored by a locality for the purpose of facilitating communication among interested parties and the applicant, provided that the person does not have a statutory role in the approval of a rezoning or a proffer condition amendment.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors. [HB-1740]
Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors. Transfers authority to create or enlarge sanitary districts from the circuit court with jurisdiction over the locality in which the district is located to the governing body of the county in which the district is located. The bill requires the governing body, at a hearing for the creation or enlargement of a sanitary district, to make a finding of fact of whether the action is necessary, practical, fiscally responsible, and supported by at least 50 percent of persons who own real property in
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; the costs and benefits of assisting localities in alleviating pay compression. [HJR-618]
Study; the costs and benefits of assisting localities in alleviating pay compression in police and deputy sheriffs' salaries; report. Requests the Department of Criminal Justice Services to study the costs and benefits of assisting localities in alleviating pay compression in police and deputy sheriffs' salaries and to propose strategies, campaigns, or state actions to alleviate pay compression issues.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Speed monitoring systems. [SB-1070]
Speed monitoring systems. Provides that a locality may, by ordinance, establish a speed enforcement program utilizing an automated speed monitoring system that creates recorded images of vehicles traveling at least 10 miles per hour in excess of the maximum applicable speed limit. The penalty imposed for violating applicable speed limits where such violation is established by recorded images produced by a speed monitoring system cannot exceed $50. The bill provides that a locality may only install and operate a speed monitoring system at residence
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