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Latest Action: 03/02/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed: Lien for water and sewer charges. Adds the Towns ofFront Royal and Kenbridge to those localities that may provide that chargesimposed for water or sewers shall be a lien on the real estate served by suchwaterline or sewer. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lienshall attach (i) unless the user of the water or sewer services is also theowner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiatedor executed the agreement by which such water or sewer services were providedto the property.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Appropriations Bill Text
Health insurance credits; retired employees of local socialservices boards. Increases the monthly health insurance credit for retired employeesof local social services boards from $2.50 to $4.00 for each full year of theretired member's creditable service. The bill eliminates an overall cap on themonthly amount of the credit, and establishes a formula for determining themonthly health insurance credit for such employees whose retirement was fordisability. A locality would no longer have the option of providing anadditional $1 health insurance credit to retired employees of local socialservices boards. The measure equalizes the health insurance credit for retired employeesof local social services boards with the credit available to retired teachers.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Appropriations Bill Text
Line of Duty Act; definition of deceased person; firecompany personnel of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Air NationalGuard. Includes under the coverage of the Line of Duty Act individuals employedas fire company personnel for the Virginia Air National Guard or the VirginiaNational Guard's Fort Pickett Reserve.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Read third time Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);property exempt from taxation. Provides for a referendum at theNovember 2008 election on approval of a proposed constitutional amendmentrelating to property tax exemptions. The proposed amendment authorizesthe General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localitiesby ordinance to exempt or partially exempt from real property taxes,or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 percent of the value ofresidential or farm property that is the owner-occupant's primarydwelling and lived in continuously. If approved by the voters, theamendment will take effect January 1, 2009. This bill incorporatesHB 6 and HB 272.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Marked sheriffs' office vehicles. Allows markedsheriffs' office vehicles to be painted solid colors other than brown or white.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns Bill Text
Building permit; impact fees. Allows localitiesto adopt provisions for the assessment of impact fees prior to issuanceof a building permit. The impact fees may be assessed in relationto the adequacy of education, transportation, parks, or public safetyneeds. Such fees shall be a pro rata share of the costs of reasonableand necessary capital improvements attributable to the proposed development. Prior to any impact fee assessment, the locality must identify theparticular public facility needs in its comprehensive plan and musthave in place a capital improvement program that provides a reasonablebasis for determining the extent or level of inadequacy of such facilitiesin the area of the proposed development. If the locality does notapply impact fees paid by a developer to the capital project thatserved as the basis for such assessment within six years of collection,then the developer may seek a writ of mandamus to compel the localityto do so.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns Bill Text
Capital improvements impact fees. Allowslocalities to adopt provisions for the assessment of impact fees priorto issuance of a building permit. The impact fees may be assessedin relation to the adequacy of education, transportation, parks, orpublic safety needs. Such fees shall be a pro-rata share of the costsof reasonable and necessary capital improvements attributable to theproposed development. Prior to any impact fee assessment, the localitymust identify the particular public facility needs in its comprehensiveplan and must have in place a capital improvement program that providesa reasonable basis for determining the extent or level of inadequacyof such facilities in the area of the proposed development. If thelocality does not apply impact fees paid by a developer to the capitalproject that served as the basis for such assessment within six yearsof collection, then the developer may seek a writ of mandamus to compelthe locality to do so.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Finance Bill Text
Real estate tax rates. Requires each locality to lowerits real estate tax rate for the forthcoming tax year to produce no more thanthe previous year's real property tax levies when any annual assessment,biennial assessment, or general reassessment of real property by the localitywould result in an increase in the total real property tax levied. The localitymay increase the rate above the reduced rate after a public hearing held nosooner than 30 days after the rate reduction. The bill has a delayed effectivedate of January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 02/22/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Lis pendens; zoning ordinance violation. Provides that in actions to enforce a zoning ordinance, no lis pendensor attachment shall affect a bona fide purchaser of real or personalestate unless the memorandum of lis pendens recorded in the clerk'soffice contains a description of the alleged zoning violation. Thebill also provides that a memorandum of lis pendens admitted to recordin an action to enforce a zoning ordinance shall expire after 180days. This bill is identical to SB 427.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns Bill Text
Zoning violations; overcrowding. Provides for enhancedfines for any conviction resulting from a violation of provisions related toovercrowding of residential dwellings. The bill also authorizes zoningprovisions to provide that any conviction resulting from a violation ofprovisions that prohibit a person from permitting a single-family residentialdwelling owned by him to be occupied by any unrelated person who has no legalright to do so or in violation of any of the provisions regulating the numberof unrelated persons in single-family residential dwellings shall be punishableby a fine of up to $1,500 for each such unrelated person.
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Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Finance by voice vote Bill Text
Public schools; financing. Creates the Virginia SchoolConstruction Revolving Fund for financing elementary, secondary, or vocationaleducation school projects.
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Local Government Bill Text
Sewage and water systems. Provides that the governingbody of any county or town that has adopted a master plan for a sewage systemis authorized to deny an application for a sewage system if such proposedsewage system does not conform to the comprehensive plan for the county ortown. In addition, the governing body of any county notified of the proposedestablishment of a water system or of the extension of any existing watersystem may disapprove the same if it finds that such water system (i) does notconform to the county’s comprehensive plan or (ii) is not in the best interestsof the inhabitants of the county.
Latest Action: 03/02/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Concealed weapons; attorney for the Commonwealth may carrywithout a permit. Authorizes an attorney for the Commonwealth or anassistant attorney for the Commonwealth to carry a concealed handgun withoutobtaining a permit wherever such attorney may travel in the Commonwealth.Current law only authorizes an attorney for the Commonwealth to carry aconcealed handgun without a permit while in the discharge of his officialduties or while in transit to and from such duties.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Left in Appropriations Bill Text
Drug Treatment Court Act. Authorizes a drug treatmentcourt for the County of Franklin.
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation amendment #1 Bill Text
Summary as enacted with Governor's Recommendation: Bail. Allows the court as a condition of bond to bara person who holds an elected constitutional office and who is accused of afelony arising from the performance of his duties from physically returning tohis constitutional office.
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Local Government Bill Text
Water and sewer rates of certain towns. Prohibitstowns from charging rates for water and sewer service provided to residents ofan adjacent county that unreasonably discriminate between customers on thebasis of whether services are provided to customers located within or outsidethe limits of the town, or that provide a cross-subsidy for in-town customers.A town may charge rates for out-of-town customers that are higher than therates for in-town customers, provided the difference does not exceed 50percent. Upon receipt of a petition from five percent of the customers whoreceive service in the county, the Commission on Local Government is authorizedto conduct an investigation and analyze the rates, fees and charges. If theCommission determines that the rates, fees and charges assessed by a town donot comply with these requirements, it will notify the county and the town. Thecounty may then petition for the appointment of a special court to set ratesfor such services.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Moratorium on city annexation and county immunity noticesand proceedings. Provides that the moratorium on annexation proceedingsdoes not end following the expiration of the 2006-2008 or the 2008-2010biennium if, for the 2008-2010 biennium, actual appropriations to localgovernments for law-enforcement expenditures are less than the amountstatutorily required.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed: Allowances to injured deputy sheriffs. Requires a localityto allow a deputy sheriff injured in the line of duty to use accrued vacation,compensatory, and sick leave to supplement his workers' compensation allowance,so as to receive 100 percent compensation. The bill also requires the localityto continue to pay any employer's share of certain health insurance coveragefor the injured deputy and his dependents. The bill is identical to HB 1480.
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Local Government Bill Text
Annexation. Extends the current annexation moratoriumto 2018.
Latest Action: 03/02/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Local tourism zones. Increases from 10 to 20 thenumber of years in which tax incentives may be provided in a local tourismzone.
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