Sen. Frank Wagner
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for nonprofit entities exempt from federal income taxes. [SB-459]
Sales and use tax exemptions; nonprofit entities. Adds organizations exempt from federal income taxes under § 501 (c) (19) to those nonprofit entities that may be eligible for a sales and use tax exemption on their purchases of tangible personal property. In general, § 501 (c) (19) organizations include posts or organizations of past or present members of the armed forces of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Senate: Left In Finance on 02/13/2008
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Veterans services; changes references under powers & duties of Commissioner of Veterans Services. [SB-521]
Veterans services in the Commonwealth. Changes references under the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Veterans Services from the Secretary of Administration to the Secretary of Public Safety. The bill also clarifies the purpose of the Veterans Services Foundation to provide funding for veteran services and programs in the Commonwealth. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Senate: Incorporated By General Laws And Technology (sb760-wagner) (15-y 0-n) on 01/30/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Ballots, paper & machine; write-in votes will be counted if last name is spelled correctly. [SB-523]
Elections; paper and machine ballots; write-in votes. Provides that write-in votes will be counted only if the last name of the write-in candidate is spelled correctly as determined by the chief officer of election at the polling place. Ballots with misspelled names shall be void.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Privileges And Elections (11-y 0-n) on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Hunting on Sunday; allows hunting thereon. [SB-524]
Hunting on Sunday. Allows a person to hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal on Sundays.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (13-y 2-n) on 01/21/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Uranium Mining Commission; established, report. [SB-525]
Uranium mining. Establishes the Virginia Uranium Mining Commission, as a legislative branch advisory commission to assess the risks and benefits of developing uranium resources in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Saslaw House: Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 03/03/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
War Memorial Foundation; increase in membership. [SB-580]
Virginia War Memorial Foundation. Replaces the Secretary of Administration with the Secretary of Public Safety and the Commissioner of Veterans Services as ex officio members of the board of trustees of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation. Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Services replaces the Department of General Services in providing administrative support to the Foundation.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0625) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Planning and Budget, Director of Department; required to have searchable budget database website. [SB-585]
Searchable budget database website. Requires the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to maintain a searchable budget database website that would allow persons to search and aggregate information for individual or specific appropriations or budget items. The Director would be required to have the database operational by July 1, 2009. When fully operational, all data in the database would be maintained for a minimum of 10 years. The bill would require to the Director to work with the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Joint Legislative
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Senate: Committee Substitute Printed 082404216-s1 on 02/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Civil remedial fees; repeals provision for those imposed on certain drivers. [SB-664]
Civil remedial fees on certain drivers. Repeals § 46.2-206.1, which provides for the imposition of civil remedial fees on certain drivers. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner Senate: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice (sb1-houck) (15-y 0-n) on 01/16/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business programs; aligns state's requirements with federal. [SB-680]
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business programs. Aligns Virginia's eligibility requirements for participation in the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program with federal eligibility requirements set by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0767) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Cap and trade system for NOx and SO2; nonattainment areas. [SB-712]
Cap and trade system for NOx and SO2; nonattainment areas. Provides that the Air Pollution Control Board may prohibit electric generating facilities located within specified nonattainment areas in the Commonwealth from meeting their compliance obligations for pollutants that contribute to ongoing nonattainment in that area through the purchase of allowances for NOx and SO2 only if the Board finds that: (i) the prohibition will directly and quantifiably reduce ambient concentrations of ozone or PM2.5 in the affected nonattainment area; and (ii) there
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner Senate: Continued To 2009 In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (15-y 0-n) on 02/04/2008