Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; certain members of enforcement division of DMV. [SB-617]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; certain members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Adds full-time sworn employees of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles who have the powers of sheriffs for enforcing laws of the Commonwealth as members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System. Such employees would accrue retirement benefits under the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System only for creditable service on or after July 1, 2016.
SB-617: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; certain members of enforcement division of DMV.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan T. McDougle
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
Motor vehicles; fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts. [SB-742]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts. Changes the regional gas tax in Hampton Roads from a percentage to a cents per gallon tax that decreases as the price of gas increases. The regional gas tax in Hampton Roads would have a floor of $0.05 per gallon and a ceiling of $0.14 per gallon and would be determined on the basis of the average wholesale price of unleaded regular gasoline. The bill places a floor on the price of gasoline that the regional gas tax is imposed on in Northern Virginia that is identical to the floor
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SB-742: Motor vehicles; fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis
Left In Finance on 12/01/2016
DELIVER Act of 2017 Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017 [HB-1821]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
DELIVER Act of 2017 Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate, which is 53.5 cents per mile for 2017.
HB-1821: DELIVER Act of 2017 Delivering Elderly Lunches and Increasing Volunteer Engagement and Reimbursements Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 03/30/2017
Tow truck drivers; registration of drivers convicted of violent crimes. [HB-897]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Revocation and suspension of registration of tow truck drivers. Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not revoke or suspend the registration of a tow truck driver convicted of a violent crime if such tow truck driver's civil rights have been restored by the Governor.
HB-897: Tow truck drivers; registration of drivers convicted of violent crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Yancey
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016
You have voted HB-2061: Relating to inspection of vehicles and providing that defects in windshields and windows that do not obscure vision are not unsafe conditions.
Relating to rules governing the operation of motorboats on lakes [HB-2054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the use of motors exceeding nine horsepower in the operation of motorboats on lakes. The bill provides the conditions that must be met.
HB-2054: Relating to rules governing the operation of motorboats on lakes
Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Rodighiero
Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. [SB-669]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane miles of highway are converted to bicycle-only lanes, provided that the number of moving-lane-miles is not more than 50 moving-lane-miles or 3% of the municipality's total number of moving-lane-miles, whichever is less. Municipalities will not receive additional funds and cannot reduce their funding of road and street maintenance
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Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, penalty. [HB-461]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty. Expands the prohibition on manually entering multiple letters or text in a handheld communications device while operating a motor vehicle to also prohibit the manual selection of multiple icons and removes the condition that such manual entry is prohibited only if performed as a means of communicating with another person. The bill prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from reading any information displayed on the device; current law prohibits reading an email or text message.
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HB-461: Handheld personal communications devices; use while driving, penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Barton Boysko
Left In Transportation on 12/01/2016
Making special registration plates for volunteer fire fighters [HB-2078]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the issuance of a special volunteer fire fighter registration plate for a five-year period.
HB-2078: Making special registration plates for volunteer fire fighters
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Hamrick
Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017
Vehicle registration fees; funds allocated to Department of State Police. [SB-35]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Vehicle registration fees; funds for Department of State Police. Raises the vehicle registration fee an additional $1.25 per year on each July 1 from 2016 through 2025 and allocates the funds to the Department of State Police.
SB-35: Vehicle registration fees; funds allocated to Department of State Police.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles W. Carrico
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
Consumer finance companies; motor vehicle title loans, prohibited practices. [HB-346]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Consumer finance companies; motor vehicle title loans. Prohibits any consumer finance company from making loans secured by a non-purchase money security interest in a motor vehicle at any location where a motor vehicle title lender is authorized to conduct business. Any loan contract made by a consumer finance company that violates this prohibition shall be unenforceable against the borrower. The measure also deletes an exception to the limits on the interest rate that may be charged when a consumer finance lender makes a motor vehicle title loan.
HB-346: Consumer finance companies; motor vehicle title loans, prohibited practices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul E. Krizek
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016