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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional officers; local leave benefits. [SB-936]
Employees of constitutional officers; local leave benefits. Authorizes constitutional officers who have contracted with a county or city to grant vacation and sick leave to their employees under the locality's benefits leave policy instead of the state-required leave policy as long as the leave amounts are not less than the state-required policy.
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Lien priority. [SB-920]
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 HB 1992.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conveyance of utility easements; transportation. [SB-932]
Conveyance of utility easements; transportation. Exempts from the public hearing requirement prior to disposal of real property by a locality the conveyance of utility easements related to transportation projects. This bill incorporates SB 1259.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. [SB-925]
Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Imposes a five-cent per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers in localities located wholly within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and directs revenues to be used to support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Noise violations; civil penalty. [SB-926]
Noise violations; civil penalties. Allows localities to authorize the chief law-enforcement officer in the locality to enforce a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violation of that locality's noise ordinance.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Removal of blight; building collapse; emergency. [SB-919]
Removal of blight; building collapse. Allows a locality to charge owners of property the cost the locality incurred in removing or repairing a building or structure on such property if permitted under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code in the event of an emergency.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conservation and replacement of trees; land development processes. [SB-930]
Conservation and replacement of trees; land development processes. Authorizes the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to provide for the planting and replacement of trees, and the conservation of trees, during certain land development processes.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies. [HB-1540]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); public access to meetings of public bodies. Revises FOIA's various open meeting exemptions relating to legal matters, litigation, certain museums, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority. The bill also (i) clarifies where meeting notices and minutes are to be posted, (ii) requires copies of proposed agendas to be made available, (iii) eliminates reporting to the Joint Commission on Science and Technology when a state public body convenes an electronic communication meeting, and
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Gas severance tax. [SB-886]
Gas severance tax. Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. This bill is identical to HB 2169.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Park authority liability; immunity. [SB-901]
Park authority liability; immunity. Grants immunity from liability in any civil action to park authorities created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act (? 15.2-5700 et seq.) for damages caused by ordinary negligence on the part of any officer or agent of such park authority in the maintenance or operation of any such park, recreational facility, or playground.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Waste and recycling charges; liens. [SB-884]
Waste and recycling charges; liens. Provides that certain waste and recycling charges, and any penalty and interest thereon, constitute a lien against the real property ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid taxes. The bill provides that a lien may be placed on the property in the amount of (i) up to three months of delinquent waste and recycling charges when the service is supplied to a lessee or tenant or (ii) up to the number of months of delinquent charges when the service is provided to the property owner.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon. [SB-904]
Carrying weapon into courthouse; Workers' Compensation commissioner or deputy commissioner exempt. Provides an exception from the prohibition against carrying a weapon into courthouses in the Commonwealth for a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of official duties.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Fire Programs Fund; increases rate of assessment for Fund. [HB-1532]
Fire Programs Fund. Increases the share of certain moneys in the Fire Programs Fund to be allocated to localities for the improvement of volunteer and career fire services from 75 percent to 80 percent. The measure does not become effective unless it is reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Vacant developed property; overgrown shrubs and trees. [HB-1506]
Vacant developed property; overgrown shrubs and trees. Authorizes localities to require owners of vacant developed property to cut overgrown shrubs and trees on the property. The bill also authorizes localities, after reasonable notice, to cut overgrown shrubs and trees on vacant developed property and charge the cost to the owner.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Arts and cultural districts; districts may be created jointly by two or more localities. [HB-1486]
Arts and cultural districts. Provides that arts and cultural districts may be created jointly by two or more localities. This bill is identical to SB 1225.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Collection of delinquent local taxes; period of delinquency. [HB-1488]
Collection of delinquent local taxes; period of delinquency. Reduces from six months to three months the minimum period of time that a tax has been delinquent before a locality may refer the delinquency to an attorney, collection agency, or the sheriff for collection.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cats and dogs; local government may, by ordinance, provide for lifetime licenses. [HB-1477]
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to SB 856.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Ordinances relating to fire departments and fire companies; operators of emergency vehicles. [HB-1481]
Ordinances relating to fire departments and fire companies; operators of emergency vehicles; Emergency Vehicle Operator's Course. Requires that ordinances relating to the powers and duties of fire departments and fire companies contain the requirement that a member of a fire department or fire company who operates an emergency vehicle possess a valid motor vehicle operator's permit and complete an approved Emergency Vehicle Operator's Course or equivalent training course recognized by the Department of Fire Programs or the Office of Emergency Medical
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions. [HB-1472]
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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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Delinquent taxes; publication of list by governing body or treasurer. [HB-1463]
Delinquent taxes; publication by treasurer and locality. Authorizes the governing body of a locality and the treasurer to publish lists of certain local delinquent taxes whether or not they are based on information as it exists at the end of the fiscal year.