Rep. S. Chris Jones
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Shaken baby syndrome; Department of Social Services to develop information, its effect, etc. [HB-411]
Shaken baby syndrome; distribution of information. Requires the Department of Social Services to make information about shaken baby syndrome, its effects, and resources for help and support for caretakers available in a printable format, and information about how to acquire such information in an audiovisual format, available on a website maintained by the Department, and to inform every child welfare program licensed by the Department about the available information. This bill also provides that information about shaken baby syndrome shall be
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Veterans Services, Department of; processing of disability claims. [HB-419]
Department of Veterans Services; processing of disability claims. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to replace its existing case management technology, which replacement is required to support highly sophisticated electronic claims preparation.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Concealed handguns; prohibits person carrying onto premises of restaurants from consuming alcohol. [HB-505]
Concealed handguns; restaurants; penalty. Allows a person with a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of a restaurant or club and prohibits such person from consuming alcoholic beverages while on the premises. A person who consumes alcohol in violation of the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Gang-free zones; expanded to include public buildings and grounds, penalty. [HB-682]
Gang-free zones; penalties. Expands current "gang-free school zones" to the broader "gang-free zones" and includes any publicly owned or operated community center or recreational center. Engaging in criminal street gang activity in a gang-free zone is a Class 5 or 6 felony and may include a two-year mandatory minimum sentence, depending upon other aggravators.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Offshore drilling; royalties to be deposited in Transportation Trust Fund, etc. [HB-756]
Royalties from offshore drilling. Requires that all revenues and royalties paid to the Commonwealth as a result of offshore natural gas and oil drilling shall be distributed as follows: (i) 70 percent to the Transportation Trust Fund, (ii) 20 percent to the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium, and (iii) 10 percent to localities for improvements to infrastructure and transportation.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Virginia War Memorial; codifies criteria for memorialization of fallen Virginians. [HB-767]
Memorialization of fallen Virginians at the Virginia War Memorial. Codifies the criteria for inclusion of Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces on the Shrine of Memory at the Virginia War Memorial, as was required by legislation adopted in 2009. The bill also directs the Virginia War Memorial Foundation Board of Trustees to develop plans and criteria for an additional memorial to all Virginians who died while serving in the armed forces, even if they do not meet the criteria for inclusion on the Shrine of Memory.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Castle doctrine; right to use physical force against an intruder, immune from civil liability. [HB-854]
Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force, against an intruder in his dwelling who has committed an overt act against him, without civil liability.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Peanut Board; authorized to enter into an agreement with Federal Commodity Credit Corporation. [HB-888]
Peanut Board; commodity assessment. Authorizes the Peanut Board to enter into an agreement with the Federal Commodity Credit Corporation and to increase the commodity assessment from $0.15 per 100 pounds to $0.30 per 100 pounds for a three-year period beginning July 1, 2010. The commodity assessment is paid by peanut growers.
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Governor's reports; to provide monthly reports on revenue collections and quarterly assessments. [HB-944]
Governor's reports of revenue estimates and collections and economic activity forecasts. Codifies provisions in the Appropriation Act requiring the Governor to provide monthly reports on revenue collections and quarterly assessments of the Commonwealth's economic outlook. The bill also adds the Secretary of Finance as chair, the Staff Directors of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees as members of the Advisory Board of Economists ("Board"), requires the Joint Rules Committee to appoint three of the 15 nonlegislative citizen members
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Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Charitable gaming; regulations of Charitable Gaming Board, report. [HB-950]
Charitable gaming; regulations of the Charitable Gaming Board; prohibited acts. Limits the number of bingo games per session to no more than 50; requires the Charitable Gaming Board to adopt regulations prescribing (i) the condition by which nonmembers of an organization may participate in the conduct of bingo so long as the nonmembers are under the direct supervision of a bona fide member of the organization during the bingo game and (ii) the minimum time interval required between the conduct of bingo games, which time shall not be less than 30
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