VA Code | §15-2 | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB744 | Demolition of a derelict nonresidential structure with consent. Authorizes a locality to demolish or remove a derelict nonresidential structure and to file a lien against the property for the cost of the demolition or removal. The bill requires the l... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770) |
| VA | SB804 | Voluntary boundary agreement between Louisa and Goochland Counties; attachment of GIS map to petitions. Allows Louisa and Goochland Counties, in adopting a voluntary boundary agreement, to attach to their petitions to the circuit court a Geographic I... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773) |
| VA | SB819 | Tourist Train Development Authority. Reinstates the Authority and its board, repealed by the General Assembly in 2011, which will consist of representatives from the governing bodies of Tazewell County, the Town of Bluefield, and the Town of Pocahont... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | SB839 | Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in cri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775) |
| VA | HB1589 | Demolition of a derelict nonresidential structure with consent. Authorizes a locality to demolish or remove a derelict nonresidential structure and to file a lien against the property for the cost of the demolition or removal. The bill requires the l... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734) |
| VA | HB1861 | Notice of sale of certain residential property. Amends current provisions that require localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) to be given notice when residential property is subject to a sale under a deed of trust by making those provi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) |
| VA | HB1836 | Local budgets; discretionary items. Provides that the itemized contemplated expenditures in a local budget shall include any discretionary funds to be designated by individual members of the governing body and the specific uses and funding allocation... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747) |
| VA | HB2048 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) |
| VA | SB1279 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793) |
| VA | HB2320 | City of Virginia Beach; sports or entertainment arena. Gives the City of Virginia Beach rights similar to those that had been given in the past to the Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority in constructing an arena for professional sports teams or f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) |
| VA | HB2203 | Fee for solid waste disposal; exemption. Provides that Pittsylvania County may impose a fee for solid waste disposal in part to purchase or subsidize the purchase of equipment used for the collection of solid waste. The bill also provides that in Pit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) |
| VA | SB1089 | Health insurance program for local government employees and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth. Removes the authority of centers for independent living and area agencies on aging to join the Local Choice Plan for their employees because... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687) |
| VA | SB1264 | Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal and other records held by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. Reorganizes § 2.2-3706 of the Freedom of Information Act relating to access to criminal records and other reco... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695) |
| VA | SB833 | Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. Allows localities located within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone to enter into a voluntary economic growth-... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612) |
| VA | HB1554 | Risk management insurance coverage for sheriffs; limitation of liability. Provides that no sheriff or deputy shall be liable in his individual capacity for any civil judgment in excess of the maximum liability coverage provided under the risk managem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) |
| VA | SB918 | Local coal severance taxes. Establishes gross receipts for purposes of the local coal severance tax by providing that the only deduction allowed from gross receipts is for non-local transportation and processing costs of coal. The bill establishes a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618) |
| VA | HB1964 | Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements; Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. Allows localities located within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone to enter into a voluntary economic growth-... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) |
| VA | HB1717 | Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561) |
| VA | HB2072 | Local application process; condemnation. Provides that no locality shall condition or delay the timely consideration of any application for or grant of any permit or other approval for any real property over which it enjoys jurisdiction for the purpo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581) |
| VA | HB2116 | Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585) |
| VA | HB2152 | Transportation commission membership. Gives the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee equal voting weight on the Virginia Railway Express oversight board. The bill also provides that the Chairman of the Commonwealth Transp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589) |
| VA | SB1209 | Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Amends the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create new efficiencies and streamline procedures b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646) |
| VA | HB2216 | Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response and clarifying issues related to coverage und... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594) |
| VA | SB1293 | Comprehensive plan; transportation. The bill allows the Department of Transportation and a locality to agree on a time period shorter than 90 days for the Department to provide written comments on the locality's transportation plan. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) |
| VA | HB2326 | Regional strategic plans. Provides that in planning districts in which regional planning is conducted by multi-state councils of government, each planning district commission may prepare a regional strategic plan for the guidance of the district. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607) |
| VA | SB798 | Amendment of service district boundaries. Allows localities to modify the boundaries of service districts. Any such modification requires public notice and a majority vote of the governing body of each affected locality. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524) |
| VA | HB1648 | Discounted fees and charges for certain low-income and disabled customers. Provides that any locality that owns a water and sewer system and has a population density of 200 persons or fewer per square mile may by ordinance develop criteria for provid... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487) |
| VA | HB1744 | Cutting of grass; notice. Adds the City of Hampton and the County of Dinwiddie to existing provisions related to regulation of the cutting of grass and provides that one notice per incident or per growing season shall constitute reasonable notice to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490) |
| VA | HB2238 | Recorded plats and final site plans. Provides that a site plan shall be deemed final once it has been reviewed and approved by the locality if the only requirements remaining to be satisfied in order to obtain a building permit are the submission of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509) |
| VA | HB2239 | Cash proffers. Provides that cash proffers shall not be used for any capital improvement to an existing facility that does not expand facility capacity or for any operating expense of an existing facility such as ordinary maintenance or repair. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510) |
| VA | SB1226 | Zoning; cash proffers. Extends from seven to 12 years the time by which a locality must begin utilization of cash proffers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541) |
| VA | HB2226 | Grass cutting; Town of Cedar Bluff. Adds the Town of Cedar Bluff to the list of localities that may, by ordinance, have agents or employees of the locality cut grass and weeds from occupied property and charge the cost to the property owner. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508) |
| VA | SB890 | Local endowment for certain libraries; Town of Leesburg. Provides that the Town of Leesburg by ordinance may establish an endowment fund for the purpose of supporting a library owned or operated by the town. The endowment may receive all gifts, grant... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528) |
| VA | HB1335 | Electoral board; temporary appointment. Allows the senior judge, for good cause, to appoint a temporary member to the electoral board in order to maintain a quorum. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409) |
| VA | HB1955 | Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel. Provides that any unauthorized person who wears a uniform identical to or substantially similar to a standard uniform used by an office of sheriff to impersonate the office of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431) |
| VA | HB1826 | Law-enforcement officers; exceptions to territorial limits. Provides that whenever the necessity arises for the enforcement of laws related to kidnapping, police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of a locality, Capitol Police officer... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428) |
| VA | SB850 | Discounted fees and charges for certain low-income and disabled customers. Provides that any locality that owns a water and sewer system and has a population density of 200 persons or fewer per square mile may by ordinance develop criteria for provid... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361) |
| VA | SB882 | City reversion; library aid. Removes the 15-year time limit during which the Commonwealth shall continue library aid to a library system that existed prior to a city reversion the same as if no city reversion had occurred. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363) |
| VA | SB885 | Inoperable motor vehicles. Adds Albemarle County to those localities that may prohibit any person from keeping, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view, on any property zoned or used for reside... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0364) |
| VA | HB1990 | License taxes on certain motor vehicles. Allows localities to impose a license tax, not to exceed $250 annually, upon resident owners of motor vehicles that do not display license plates issued by the Commonwealth and that are not exempt from the req... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347) |
| VA | SB1065 | Local arts and cultural districts; tax incentives. Permits a locality to include the reduction or rebate of real estate property taxes among the tax incentives it makes available in an arts and cultural district established by ordinance. Current law ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386) |
| VA | SB1124 | Auditing of local government records. Clarifies the authority of the Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) and the type of audit that shall satisfy the annual audit requirement for localities and constitutional officers. The bill provides that the complet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) |
| VA | HB2241 | Vacant building registration. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities with authority to require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more to register such buildings on an annual bas... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355) |
| VA | SB1282 | Vacant building registration. Adds the Town of Clifton Forge to those localities with authority to require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more to register such buildings on an annual bas... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405) |
| VA | HB1332 | Local government audit; Auditor of Public Accounts. Allows a local governing body to request an audit from the Auditor of Public Accounts at any time upon a majority vote, with the expense of the audit to be borne by the locality. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239) |
| VA | HB1521 | Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures; tourism activity zones. Authorizes any locality to designate one or more tourism activity zones as areas that may be used for special events, including parades, events requiring temporary str... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) |
| VA | HB1547 | Cemeteries. Provides that the minimum tree canopy as required by localities during the development process shall be 10 percent for cemeteries. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) |
| VA | HB1561 | Agreements for consolidation or cooperation of police departments; private police departments. Allows localities to enter into reciprocal agreements with private police departments that are certified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250) |
| VA | HB1583 | Vacant building registration. Increases from $25 to $100 the maximum annual registration fee that a local ordinance may impose on the owner of a vacant building that meets the definition of "derelict building" under § 15.2-907.1. The bill incre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253) |
| VA | HB1586 | Local arts and cultural districts; tax incentives. Permits a locality to include the rebate of real estate property taxes among the tax incentives it makes available in an arts and cultural district established by ordinance. Current law provides for ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254) |
