Bill Text: VA SB1261 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fair Housing Law; concurrence of Office of Attorney General to determine housing discrimination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) [SB1261 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-SB1261-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1261 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 12, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 36-96.11 and 36-96.14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Fair Housing Law; concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General. ---------- Patron-- Vogel ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §§ 36-96.11 and 36-96.14 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 36-96.11. Reasonable cause determination and effect.

The Board shall, within 100 days after the filing of a complaint, determine, based on the facts and after consultation with receipt of the concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General, whether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, unless it is impracticable to do so or unless the Board has approved a conciliation agreement with respect to the complaint. If the Board is unable to determine whether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur within 100 days after receipt of the complaint, the aggrieved person and the respondent shall be notified in writing of the reasons therefor.

§ 36-96.14. Issuance of a charge.

Upon failure to resolve a complaint by conciliation and after consultation with receipt of the concurrence of the Office of the Attorney General, the Board shall issue a charge on behalf of the aggrieved person or persons and shall immediately refer the charge to the Attorney General, who shall proceed with the charge as directed by § 36-96.16. The Board may not issue a charge under this section regarding an alleged discriminatory housing practice after the beginning of a trial of a civil action commenced by the aggrieved party under an Act of Congress or a state law seeking relief with respect to that discriminatory housing practice.

1. Such charge:

a. Shall consist of a short and plain statement of the facts upon which the Board has found reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur;

b. Shall be based on the final investigative report; and

c. Need not be limited to the acts or grounds alleged in the complaint filed under § 36-96.9.

2. After the Board issues a charge under this section, the Board shall cause a copy thereof to be served on each respondent named in such charge and on each aggrieved person on whose behalf the complaint was filed.