Rep. J. Randall Minchew
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Renewable energy; requires SCC to establish a program of community net metering. [HB-911]
Renewable energy; community net metering and renewable energy certificates. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a program of community net metering, which will allow a group of residential, commercial, industrial, and other customers to establish an "eligible community customer" to act collectively to generate renewable energy for their own use. Members of an eligible community customer may develop a net metered system that provides that excess generation by some members of the group will be used to offset consumption by other
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Virginia Intrastate Commerce Act; created. [HB-912]
Virginia Intrastate Commerce Act. Declares that all goods grown, manufactured, or made in the Commonwealth of Virginia and all services performed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, when such goods or services are sold, maintained, or retained in the Commonwealth of Virginia on or after July 1, 2012, shall not be subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the several states.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Solid waste management plan, regional or local; making such plans optional. [HB-913]
Solid waste management plan; optional. Removes the mandate that a governing body develop and implement a regional or local solid waste management plan, making such plans optional. The bill includes technical amendments.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Children at play signs; allows county or town governments to install. [HB-914]
"Children at play" signs. Allows counties and towns, pursuant to an agreement with the Commissioner of Highways, to install "Children at play" signs on highways within their boundaries. The cost of the signs and installation will be borne by the county or town.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Habeas corpus; oral argument on motion. [HB-915]
Habeas corpus; oral argument on the motion. Provides that in habeas corpus actions, oral argument on any motion shall be heard only at the request of the court. The court shall rule on the record whenever possible.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Prisoners; harassment by use of computer, penalty. [HB-916]
Harassment by computer by prisoners; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a prisoner or a person acting on behalf of a prisoner to use a computer, computer network, or social networking site to harass, intimidate, or threaten a crime victim.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; required meetings of regulatory boards. [HB-917]
Required meetings of regulatory boards at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Replaces specified intervals and number of meetings for regulatory boards under the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation with the requirement that such boards meet at least once each year.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations. Regarding overpayments. [HB-918]
Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations. Provides that all recommended or final case decisions in administrative hearings regarding Medicaid overpayments shall be made in accordance with the Administrative Process Act, shall be based on the whole evidentiary record, and shall be limited to a determination of whether the Director's initial decision was within the scope of his statutory or legal authority. The bill also provides that no recommended or final case decision shall be based on principles of contract law or equity.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans. [HB-922]
Real property tax exemption for disabled veterans. Provides that the tax exemption for the primary residence of a disabled veteran, a disabled veteran and his spouse, or a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran includes real property (i) held in a revocable inter vivos trust over which the veteran, the veteran and his spouse, or the surviving spouse hold the power of revocation; (ii) held in an irrevocable trust under which a veteran alone or in conjunction with his spouse possesses a life estate or an estate for joint lives, or enjoys a continuing
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Real estate tax; exemption for disabled veterans. [HB-933]
Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans. Provides that the real property tax exemption for disabled veterans for property acquired after January 1, 2011, begins on the date of acquisition and that the previous owner of the property is entitled to a pro rata refund of any taxes paid for any period of the tax year coming after the date of acquisition. The bill also provides that a veteran or spouse otherwise qualified for the exemption does not lose the exemption solely because of extended stays at hospitals, nursing homes, or other convalescent
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