Bill Text: VA SB1212 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Water improvement districts; assessment of service charge, referendum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-24 - Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) [SB1212 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1212-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §10.1-625 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§10.1-625. Status and general powers of district; power to levy tax or service charge; approval of landowners required.
A watershed improvement district shall have all of the powers
of the soil and water conservation district or districts in which the watershed
improvement district is situated, and in addition shall,
with the concurrence of the governing body of the
locality within which the watershed improvement district is located,
have the authority to levy assess and collect a tax or service charge to be
used for the purposes for which the watershed improvement district was created.
No tax shall be levied nor
service charge imposed shall be assessed under this
article unless two-thirds of the owners of land,
which two-thirds owners shall also represent ownership of at least two-thirds
of the land area in such district, in
such district voting in a referendum called and held in the
manner prescribed in this article, approve the levy
of a tax assessment of a
service charge to be expended for the purposes of the
watershed improvement district.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.