VA HB1934 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Excessive calls for police service; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance declare that when a property requires an excessive number of calls for police service within a specified time period, the owner of the property is subject to a civil penalty. The locality shall determine in its ordinance the number of calls that is excessive, but no owner shall be cited under such ordinance for fewer than five calls in a 12-month period. The bill requires the ordinance to contain an exclusion for all calls related to domestic violence.

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Title

Police service; civil penalty when excessive number of calls from same property.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2017-02-07HouseLeft in Counties, Cities and Towns
2017-02-01HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-16HouseAssigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2017-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102013D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
152900.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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