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2010 SESSION

Convened January 13, 2010


PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation (C) Carried over to 2011 Session

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Adverse possession; abolition. Amending §§ 55-171 and 57-17; adding § 8.01-218.1. (Patron-McClellan, HB 219 (C); McEachin, SB 67 (C))
Common Interest Community Board; increase in annual assessment. Amending §§ 54.1-2349 and 55-79.93:1. (Patron-Watts, HB 348 (F))
Common Interest Community Board; specifies that each association shall establish a procedure for resolution of complaints. Amending § 55-530. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 191 (Chapter 59); Whipple, SB 270 (Chapter 208))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; amending association documents using technology. Adding §§ 55-79.71:1 and 55-515.3. (Patron-Bell, Richard P., HB 1058 (Chapter 432))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments. Amending §§ 55-79.84, 55-79.97, and 55-516. (Patron-Watts, HB 470 (F))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; foreclosure on lien for unpaid assessments. Amending §§ 55-79.84 and 55-516. (Patron-Vogel, SB 411 (F))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; increases amount of time a total charge for any violation may be assessed. Amending §§ 55-79.80:2 and 55-513. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 496 (F))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; may establish reasonable restrictions as to size, place, etc., of placement or display of U.S. flag. Amending §§ 55-79.75:2 and 55-513.1. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 956 (Chapter 166); Stuart, SB 151 (Chapter 453))
Condominium and Property Owners’ Association Acts; rules regarding operation of motor vehicles. Adding §§ 55-79.80:4 and 55-513.2. (Patron-Abbott, HB 812 (F))
Credit line deeds of trust; put under same 20-year statute of limitations as other deeds of trust and mortgages. Amending § 8.01-242. (Patron-Lewis, HB 379 (F))
Deed of trust; allows certain title insurance companies to exercise authority that settlement agents currently possess to release lien. Amending § 55-66.3. (Patron-Peace, HB 715 (Chapter 236))
Eminent domain; restriction of access to or from property taken shall be considered in assessing damages to residual. Amending § 25.1-230. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 652 (F))
Enjoyment of easement; owner of servient estate shall not cause to be present any objects of personal property, debris, or refuse upon burdened land or within 25 feet thereof. Amending § 55-50.1. (Patron-Stuart, SB 327 (F))
Enterprise Zone Grant Program; lowers threshold for qualified real property investments. Amending § 59.1-548. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 658 (F))
Exchange Facilitators Act; established. Adding §§ 55-525.1 through 55-525.7. (Patron-Oder, HB 417 (Chapter 409))
Federal rent control; repealing Code that declared unnecessary. Repealing § 55-248.1. (Patron-Landes, HB 592 (Chapter 92))
Financial institutions and services; revising and recodifying laws. Amending §§ 8.4-105, 19.2-10.1, 36-55.33:1, 36-96.20, 57-60, and 59.1-207.19; adding §§ 6.2-100 through 6.2-513, 6.2-600 through 6.2-1380, 6.2-1400 through 6.2-2111, 6.2-2200 through 6.2-2405, 17.1-626.1, 26-7.5, 55-525.1 through 55-525.8, and 55-525.9 through 55-525.25; repealing §§ 6.1-1 through 6.1-479, 11-30 through 11-34, and 59.1-21.19 through 59.1-21.28. (Patron-McDougle, SB 295 (Chapter 794))
Foreclosure of affordable dwelling units; redevelopment and housing authority administering to exclusive right to purchase. Amending §§ 55-59.1, 55-59.3, and 55-59.4. (Patron-Scott, J.M., HB 1152 (F))
Foreclosure sales; trustee to pay taxes. Amending §§ 55-59.4 and 58.1-3340. (Patron-Peace, HB 714 (Chapter 417))
Intellectual property created by state employees; adds new reporting requirements for agencies that seek patent protection or seek to license any interest. Amending § 2.2-2822. (Patron-Peace, HB 716 (F); Watkins, SB 242 (F))
Landlord and tenant laws; clarifies judgement rate of interest, landlord and tenant obligations. Amending §§ 6.1-330.54, 8.01-128, 34-5, 55-226.2, 55-246.1, 55-248.4, 55-248.7:2, 55-248.9:1, 55-248.15:1, 55-248.15:2, and 55-248.38:3; adding § 16.1-79.1. (Patron-Oder, HB 407 (Chapter 550))
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; lessens several obligations currently imposed on landlord of a manufactured home park. Amending §§ 55-248.42 through 55-248.44, 55-248.45, 55-248.46, 55-248.47, 55-248.50:2, and 55-248.51. (Patron-Crockett-Stark, HB 1085 (F))
Mining; broadens existing statutory provision for ownership of space opened underground by removal of minerals and coal. Amending § 55-154.2. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1072 (F))
Property Owners’ Association Act; board of directors have authority to adopt rules and regulations relating to parking of motor vehicles by lot owners. Adding § 55-513.01. (Patron-Sickles, HB 1102 (Chapter 854))
Property Owners’ Association Act; control of association by declarant. Amending § 55-509.2. (Patron-Vogel, SB 419 (C))
Property Owners’ Association Act; fees for disclosure packet paid when delivered. Amending §§ 55-509.4 and 55-509.7. (Patron-Bulova, HB 702 (Chapter 165))
Public Safety Fund; imposes an assessment on property and casualty insurance companies. Adding § 38.2-401.2. (Patron-Phillips, HB 1173 (F); Howell, SB 466 (F))
Real Estate Time-Share Act; right of time-share owner to surrender time-share. Adding § 55-376.5. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1330 (F))
Real property tax; permits localities to collect roll-back taxes not exceeding 10 years for nonconforming use. Amending § 58.1-3237. (Patron-Toscano, HB 437 (F))
Rental property; allows locality to adopt an ordinance to impose civil penalties on a property owner who allows tenants to create certain outlined nuisances, etc., within a 12-month period. Adding § 15.2-900.1. (Patron-Dance, HB 232 (F))
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; eviction procedure, acceptance of redemption tenders. Amending §§ 55-243 and 55-248.34:1. (Patron-Quayle, SB 282 (Chapter 793))
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Landlord and Tenant law; definition of landlord. Amending § 55-248.4; adding § 55-221.1. (Patron-Toscano, HB 213 (Chapter 180))
Residential Property Disclosure Act; seller required to disclose to purchaser presence of any wastewater system. Amending § 55-519. (Patron-May, HB 667 (Chapter 518))
Residential property insurance; duty of insurer to repair damages. Adding § 38.2-2105.1. (Patron-Alexander, HB 205 (F); Miller, Y.B., SB 36 (F))
Roanoke River Rails-to-Trails, Inc.; Board of Corrections is authorized to sell and convey certain state-owned real property in Town of Lawrenceville. (Patron-Tyler, HB 1302 (Chapter 647))
Short-term rental property; local government may tax or impose tax. Amending §§ 58.1-3500, 58.1-3510.4, 58.1-3510.6, 58.1-3704, and 58.1-3706. (Patron-Lohr, HB 1301 (Chapter 295))
Short-term rental property; local government to exempt from such tax any person engaged in rental business whose gross proceeds were not in excess of $25,000. Adding § 58.1-3510.6:1. (Patron-Hanger, SB 662 (I) See SB355)
Short-term rental property; shall constitute a classification of merchants’ capital separate from other classifications of merchants’ capital, locality may tax. Amending §§ 58.1-3500, 58.1-3510.4, 58.1-3510.6, 58.1-3704, and 58.1-3706. (Patron-Obenshain, SB 355 (Chapter 255))
Surplus property; proceeds from sale or lease of State Police communication towers or sites shall be deposited in special account of State Police. Amending § 2.2-1150.1. (Patron-Brink, HB 1107 (Chapter 286))
Unclaimed property; storage fee for those in possession of sheriff or police. Amending § 15.2-1719. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 909 (Chapter 333))
Uniform Statewide Building Code; buildings or structures built on state-owned property. Amending § 36-98.1. (Patron-Brink, HB 1260 (Chapter 105))
Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspection ordinance may include a provision that requires certain owners to post signs on such property to property manager. Amending § 36-105.1:1. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 369 (F))
Uniform Statewide Building Code; rental inspections, penalty. Amending § 36-105.1:1. (Patron-Howell, A.T., HB 954 (F))
Vested rights; issuance of written order, etc., by zoning administrator regarding permissibility of specific use of landowner’s property. Amending § 15.2-2307. (Patron-Knight, HB 1250 (Chapter 315))
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; lease of certain property. Adding § 23-122.2. (Patron-Stosch, SB 180 (F))
Workforces; allowed on private property owned by elderly or indigent persons if property is identified by a citizens housing advisory committee as needing rehabilitation or repair. Amending § 53.1-128. (Patron-Stolle, HB 758 (Chapter 168))

2010 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, and Resolutions - For additional information, please contact the House of Delegates Information and Public Relations Office, P. O. Box 406, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23218, telephone (804) 698-1500. Last updated 06/17/10