Bill Text: VA HB159 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Noise ordinance; authorizes governing body to adopt civil penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-22 - House: Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB297-Cosgrove) by voice vote [HB159 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB159-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 159 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 5, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-980, relating to noise ordinance violations. ---------- Patron-- Dance ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-980 as follows:

§15.2-980. Civil penalties for violations of noise ordinances.

Any locality may, by ordinance, adopt a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of that locality's noise ordinance.