Rep. Betsy Carr
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Driver training standards; establish for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits. [HB-2213]
Driver training standards for law-enforcement emergency calls and pursuits. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall establish training standards and publish a model policy for law-enforcement personnel assigned to vehicle patrol duties that embody best practices for pursuits and for responding to emergency calls.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0579) on 03/25/2011
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Local Defense Manufacturing Zones; created, allows local governments to designate. [HB-2215]
Local government; local defense manufacturing zones. Allows local governments to designate local defense manufacturing zones, similar to local technology zones and tourism zones, in which tax incentives and regulatory flexibility may be provided. Such zones would give local governments another economic development tool.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House: Incorporated By Finance (hb1822-peace) By Voice Vote on 02/02/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Green Public Buildings Act; definitions, building standards. [HB-2262]
Green Public Buildings Act. Requires public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to build to either U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard (LEED) Silver or Green Globes two globe standards. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services for state construction
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House: Left In General Laws on 02/08/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects. [HB-2285]
Tourism zones; tax revenues for tourism projects. Entitles certain tourism projects to a percentage of the state and local sales tax revenues generated on the premises of the project, to be used towards debt service to bridge the gap between available debt and equity and the expected costs of the project. In order to qualify for the entitlement, the project must have at least 80 percent of the funding for the project in place. If a locality passes an ordinance adopting a tourism plan and identifies by ordinance a tourism project that meets a deficiency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0814) on 04/06/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia Free File tax program; Tax Commissioner to renegotiate agreement with Consortium of Va. [HB-2321]
Virginia Free File tax program. Requires the Tax Commissioner to renegotiate the agreement with the Consortium of Virginia in order to allow any Virginia taxpayer who so desires to file his Virginia tax return electronically without charge, to do so for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House: Left In Finance on 02/08/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia Research and Technology Investment Program; created, report. [HB-2324]
Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Amends the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) to allow for awards for a matching funds program and an eminent researcher program. The bill also expands upon the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority's (IEIA) current responsibility to develop a strategic roadmap for research in the Commonwealth. The roadmap shall identify areas of focus for research investment in the Commonwealth based upon criteria set forth in the bill, and any awards from the CRCF must fall
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0816) on 04/06/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems. [HB-2327]
Photo monitoring systems; limitations on local adoption of systems. Limits the operation of a traffic signal enforcement program, commonly referred to as a "photo red program," to those localities that have adopted ordinances establishing the program prior to July 1, 2011. In addition, localities that have adopted such ordinances are prohibited from implementing or expanding a photo red program after July 1, 2011.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
House: Failed To Report (defeated) In Militia, Police And Public Safety (9-y 12-n) on 02/04/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Income tax, corporate; tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance. [HB-2360]
Taxation; employee transportation assistance tax credit. Allows a tax credit to employers that provide employee transportation assistance for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2012. Such credit shall be equal to 25 percent of all expenditures paid or incurred by the employer for such assistance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
House: Left In Finance on 02/08/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Joint aid agreements by localities; localities to arrange aid to and from other localities. [HB-2364]
Joint aid agreements by localities. Provides that a locality may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize its chief administrative officer to arrange for provision of aid to other localities or receipt of aid from other localities, including approval by the chief administrator of agreements with other localities, subject to availability of resources. The ordinance or resolution may include terms and conditions deemed necessary by the governing body for participation in such aid and shall set forth the scope of the chief administrator's authority.
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0267) on 03/18/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
License plates, special; issuance to supporters of the James River Park System. [HB-2414]
Special license plates; supporters of the James River Park System. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates to supporters of the James River Park System. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other nonrevenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Friends of James River Park to support its operation and programs in Virginia. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House: Incorporated By Transportation (hb1418-o'bannon) By Voice Vote on 02/03/2011