Counties Cities And Towns
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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License tax on peddlers and itinerant merchants; adhesive license display. [HB-1626]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
License tax on peddlers and itinerant merchants; adhesive license display. Provides that any locality requiring an itinerant merchant to display its license at its temporary place of business shall provide to the itinerant merchant an adhesive label that satisfies such requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann L. Robinson
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 28 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/17/2017
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Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. [HJR-580]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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."
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve E. Heretick
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Study; JLARC to study feasibility of allocating a larger portion of VA Lottery prize money. [SJR-248]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank M. Ruff
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates. [SB-975]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Community Development ]
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: Sen. John A. Cosgrove
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 606 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/16/2017
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Disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers. [SB-958]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, any director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer (i) any information related to an arrest or prosecution of a former appointee or employee, including expunged information; (ii) any information related to a civil suit regarding
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie E. Locke
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (8-y 5-n) on 01/25/2017
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Running bamboo; cutting by localities; ordinance prohibiting spread; designation of certain plants. [SB-964]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Animals ]
[Community Development ]
Running bamboo; cutting by localities; ordinance prohibiting spread; designation of certain plants as noxious weeds; civil penalties. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance requiring proper upkeep of running bamboo and prohibiting the spread of running bamboo from a landowner's property, with violations punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $50 for a first violation and not to exceed $200 for a subsequent violation within 12 months. The bill includes running bamboo in the "other foreign growth" category that current law allows localities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 213 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/23/2017
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State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts. [SB-965]
[Water ]
[Ethics ]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts; exceptions for certain contracts entered into by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district. Provides an exception to the prohibition against contracts between employing agencies and their officers or employees for contracts by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district or an immediate family member of such officer or employee to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 546 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/16/2017
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Motor Vehicles, Department of; disclosure of photographs, search warrant. [HB-1614]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Department of Motor Vehicles; disclosure of photographs; search warrant. Precludes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles from disclosing the photograph of any person contained in the records of the Department to any state or local government department, agency, or instrumentality having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement absent a search warrant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert G. Marshall
Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017
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Local industrial development authorities; port authority. [SB-967]
[Economic Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
[Infrastructure ]
Chesapeake Port Authority; Chesapeake Economic Development Authority; transfer of powers. Permits the City Council of Chesapeake to transfer the powers of the Chesapeake Port Authority to the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority. Such transfer has the effect of dissolving the Chesapeake Port Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. John A. Cosgrove
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 162 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/23/2017
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County food and beverage tax. [SB-956]
[Taxes ]
[Food ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Budget and Spending ]
County food and beverage tax. Increases from four percent to eight percent the maximum tax that any county is authorized to impose on food and beverages sold by a restaurant, commonly referred to as the meals tax. The bill also removes the requirement that a county hold a referendum before imposing a meals tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie E. Locke
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (13-y 3-n) on 01/24/2017
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Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County. [HB-1600]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Sanitary landfill; gas collection and control system. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the Region 2000 Services Authority (the Authority) to continue to reduce the odor issues at the landfill operated by the Authority in Campbell County and to report on their efforts to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2017. The bill also requires the Authority to connect certain parts of its landfill gas collection system to the existing collection system when its engineers advise
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rick L. Morris
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 341 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/13/2017
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Stormwater management utility, local; waiver of charges when stormwater retained on site. [HB-1597]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Local stormwater management utility; waiver of charges; stormwater retained on site. Requires any locality establishing a stormwater management utility to provide a full or partial waiver of charges for a person whose approved stormwater management plan indicates that the stormwater produced by his property is retained and treated on site.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Webert
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 375 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/13/2017
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Vehicle license fees and taxes, local; collection by counties and adjoining towns. [HB-1595]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Local vehicle license fees and taxes. Allows counties and adjoining towns to enter into reciprocal agreements to collect each other's vehicle license fees and taxes. Currently, such collection is limited to nondelinquent license fees and taxes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Barton Boysko
Left In Rules on 02/21/2017
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Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc. [HB-1585]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town. Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to SB 1237.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark L. Cole
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 561 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/16/2017
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Industrial development authority, local; Louisa County airports. [HB-1570]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
Local industrial development authority; Louisa County airports. Authorizes Louisa County, by ordinance, to empower a local industrial development authority to acquire, own, operate, and regulate the use of airports and related facilities. The bill authorizes Louisa County to appoint members of the board of directors of the local industrial development authority to serve for terms coincident with the term of its supervisors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter F. Farrell
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 560 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/16/2017
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Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility. [HB-1579]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Transportation order for defendant held in correctional facility. Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey L. Campbell
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 479 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/13/2017
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Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development zones. [HB-1565]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Climate Change ]
[Manufacturing ]
Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development zones. Authorizes localities to create green development zones that provide certain tax incentives and regulatory flexibility for up to 10 years to a business operating in an energy-efficient building or to a business that produces products used to reduce negative impact on the environment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark L. Keam
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 27 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/17/2017
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Line of Duty Act; death benefit eligibility; Department of Military Affairs employees. [SB-939]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Line of Duty Act; death benefit eligibility; Department of Military Affairs employees. Confers eligibility for death benefits under the Line of Duty Act to all employees of the Department of Military Affairs not currently eligible for such benefits whose death is the direct or proximate result of the performance of official duties of the agency when those duties are related to a major disaster or emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance With Letter (16-y 0-n) on 02/01/2017
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Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund; grants from Fund. [HB-1562]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Infrastructure ]
Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to disburse moneys from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund in the form of grants or loans to a local government that owns a dam, to a local government for a dam located within the locality, or to a private entity that owns a dam in order to protect public safety and welfare. The grants can be used for the design, repair, and safety modifications of dams identified in safety reports.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Senate Concurred In Governor's Recommendation (39-y 0-n) on 02/24/2017
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Smoking in outdoor public place; locality regulation. [SB-938]
[Public Health ]
Smoking in outdoor public place; locality regulation. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to designate nonsmoking areas in an outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by a locality. The bill requires such ordinance to provide for adequate signage designating such areas and provides that a violation of such ordinance is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25 paid into the Virginia Health Care Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. John S. Edwards
Left In General Laws on 02/21/2017