Bill Text: VA HB1482 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Vacant building; registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-02-06 - VOTE: DEFEATED (63-Y 37-N) [HB1482 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB1482-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; civil penalty.
The Town of Clifton Forge, the Town of Pulaski, in a
conservation and rehabilitation district of the town, the Town of Timberville,
and any city, by ordinance, may require the owner or owners of buildings that
have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and
(i) which meet the definition of "derelict building" under §15.
2-907.1, (ii) which meet the definition of "criminal blight" under
§15.2-907, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living
without the authority of the owner or owners to register such buildings on
an annual basis and may impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to
defray the cost of processing such registration. The registration of buildings
shall be on forms designated by the locality and filed with the agency
designated by the locality. Failure to register shall be a $200 civil penalty;
however, failure to register in conservation and rehabilitation districts
designated by the governing body, or in other areas designated as blighted
pursuant to §36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding
$400. Notice shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address to which
property tax notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the assessment of the
civil penalty.
