Virginia Senate Bill 1436 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-06 - Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (10-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. Reconstitutes the membership of the Commission by reducing the number of members from 31 to 15, eliminating legislative and flue-cured and burley tobacco producer members and adding the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System and the president of a major state research institution of higher education. The bill expands the powers and duties of the Commission to include conducting studies and gathering data in order to determine the potential effects of agricultural, industrial, and educational initiatives in Southside and Southwest Virginia. The bill establishes the following formula for the distribution of the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund: up to 25 percent to attract prospective economic development projects in the region, up to 25 percent to promote initiatives that increase and enhance educational attainment in the region, up to 25 percent to increase investments in the deployment of rural broadband infrastructure, and up to 25 percent to commercialize agricultural research conducted at Virginia colleges and universities.

Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; reduces number of membership.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]

2015-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-06	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Rules (10-Y 0-N)
2015-01-23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2015-01-23	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 15102666D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	3100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	3108	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB1436
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1436+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S10V0074+SB1436