Telework expenses tax credit; raises cap on aggregate amount available in years 2012 and 2013. [HB-1000]
Telework expenses tax credit. Raises the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits available in calendar years 2012 and 2013 for telework expenses from $1 million to $1.5 million. The bill also raises the cap on the amount of credits that can be claimed by an employer from $50,000 per employer to $75,000 per employer.
HB-1000: Telework expenses tax credit; raises cap on aggregate amount available in years 2012 and 2013.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gordon Helsel
House: Continued To 2013 In Finance By Voice Vote on 02/10/2012
Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [HB-1001]
Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorized under 8 U.S.C. §1357(g), to permit the State Police to perform federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth after arrest of an alien.
HB-1001: Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Courts Of Justice on 03/06/2012
Employment discrimination; no employer shall discharge on basis of age. [HB-1003]
Human Rights Council; causes of action for discrimination. Provides that no employer employing more than five but less than 20 persons shall discharge any such employee on the basis of age if the employee is 40 years of age or older. Currently, the protection against age discrimination applies to an employer employing more than five but less than 15 persons. Federal law applies to workplaces with 20 or more employees.
HB-1003: Employment discrimination; no employer shall discharge on basis of age.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
House: Left In General Laws on 02/14/2012
Tuition; higher educational institutions to determine undergraduate out-of-state charges. [HB-1004]
Public institutions of higher education; undergraduate out-of-state tuition charges. Requires the boards of visitors of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to set tuition and fee charges at levels they deem to be appropriate for all nonresident student groups at each such institution based on competitive market rates, provided that the tuition and fee rates for nonresident undergraduate students are at least 100 percent of the average cost of education at that institution.
HB-1004: Tuition; higher educational institutions to determine undergraduate out-of-state charges.
Sponsored by: Rep. James LeMunyon
House: Left In Education on 02/14/2012
Nonpublic school students; organizations governing participation in interscholastic programs. [HB-1005]
Nonpublic school students; participation in interscholastic programs. Prohibits public schools from joining an organization governing interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation a student who (i) is receiving home instruction, (ii) has demonstrated evidence of progress for two years, (iii) is entitled to free tuition in a public school, (iv) has not reached the age of 19 by August 1 of the current school year, (v) is an amateur who receives no compensation, but participates solely for the educational, physical, mental,
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HB-1005: Nonpublic school students; organizations governing participation in interscholastic programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
House: Left In Education on 02/14/2012
Home school instruction tax credit; includes amount paid for materials and correspondence courses. [HB-1006]
Home school instruction tax credit. Creates an individual income tax credit beginning January 1, 2012, for amounts paid by a parent or legal guardian for his child for home instruction-related materials and correspondence courses or distance learning programs used in the home instruction. The credit would equal the lesser of the amount actually paid during the year for such costs or $1,000. The credit would be able to be carried over for four years.
HB-1006: Home school instruction tax credit; includes amount paid for materials and correspondence courses.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
House: Continued To 2013 In Finance By Voice Vote on 02/06/2012
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; rights of owners. [HB-1008]
Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; rights of owners. Provides that no provision of the declaration or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall prohibit an owner or any person entitled to occupy a unit or lot from exercising his constitutionally protected right of freedom of speech upon property to which the owner or person entitled to occupy has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession. The bill further provides that any provision of a declaration or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto
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HB-1008: Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; rights of owners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
House: Continued To 2013 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/09/2012
Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation shall be posted on site, etc. [HB-1009]
Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation. Specifies the means of serving an order for land disturbance where no plan has been approved or permit obtained, other than where an agricultural exemption applies. Current law refers only to an order for a failure to comply with a plan or permit.
HB-1009: Land-disturbing activities; service of order for violation shall be posted on site, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Ramadan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0249) on 03/13/2012