Bill Amendment: VA SB597 | 2024 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.
Status: 2024-04-17 - Senate sustained Governor's veto [SB597 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB597-Conference_amendments.html
JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 597, report as follows:
We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (24107942D) be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matters under disagreement:
1. Line 36, House Substitute, after tools
strike
the remainder of line 36
2. Line 43, House Substitute, after and
insert
prior to
3. Line 44, House Substitute, after from
strike
citizens
insert
residents
4. Line 46, House Substitute, after design professionals,
insert
representatives of low-income and moderate-income households,
5. Line 47, House Substitute, after professionals.
insert
The advisory committee shall assess the effectiveness and feasibility of any incentives or other measures necessary for economic viability and the development of maximum affordable units. In conducting this assessment, a locality may consult with a planning district commission of which it is a member, pursuant to subsection B of § 15.2-4207.
6. Line 48, House Substitute, after 2.
insert
That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any local ordinance adopted prior to January 1, 2024.
3.
Respectfully submitted,
Senator Jeremy S. McPike
Senator Suhas Subramanyam
Senator T. Travis Hackworth
Conferees on the part of the Senate
Delegate Paul E. Krizek
Delegate Joshua G. Cole
Delegate Carrie E. Coyner
Conferees on the part of the House