Virginia Senate Bill 735 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-09 - Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (9-Y 3-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Local planning commission; action on proposed plat; commercial real estate. Shortens the period within which a local planning commission or other agent must act on a proposed plat, site plan, or plan of development that solely involves parcels of commercial real estate. The bill shortens from 60 days to 30 days the period within which the commission shall act on a plat that has been officially submitted for approval and reduces from 45 days to 20 days the period for action on a plat that the commission has previously disapproved. The bill reduces from 10 business days to seven business days the period within which the commission is required to forward the plat to a state agency if a review by the agency is required, and the agency's initial review period is reduced from 45 days to 20 days. The agency's second review period, for a plat that has previously been disapproved, is reduced from 45 days to 15 days. Once a plat receives all state agency approvals, the period for planning commission action on it is reduced from 35 days to 15 days. Finally, the bill reduces the periods of time that must pass before the subdivider is allowed to petition the circuit court for a decision on the plat from 60 days to 30 days after official submission for approval, from 45 days to 20 days after official resubmission following a previous disapproval, and from 35 days to 15 days from receipt of any state agency response. The bill also reduces the notice period required for the subdivider's petition to the court from 10 days to five days.

Local planning commission; action on proposed plat, commercial real estate.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2016-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (9-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-09	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (9-Y 3-N 1-A)
2016-02-09	Senate	Committee amendments
2016-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2016-01-22	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16103897D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2259	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB735
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB735+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S07V0042+SB0735