Bill Text: VA HB902 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Virginia-recognized Indian Tribes; contracts with firms to perform building function on Reservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Continued to 2015 in General Laws by voice vote [HB902 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB902-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 902 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 8, 2014 A BILL to provide that where a state-recognized Indian Tribe has contracted with one or more qualified firms or individuals to perform building official functions, under the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) or equivalent Tribal Law, on the Reservation, neither the Commonwealth nor any locality therein is responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. ---------- Patron-- Peace ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That, recognizing the unique relationship between the Commonwealth and certain of its state-recognized Indian Tribes, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, on any Indian Reservation recognized by the Commonwealth whereupon a state-recognized Indian Tribe has contracted with one or more qualified firms or individuals to perform building official functions, under the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) or equivalent Tribal Law, on the Reservation, neither the Commonwealth nor any locality therein is responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).