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2000 SESSION

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HB 142 Charter; City of Norfolk.

Introduced by: Donald L. Williams | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Charter; City of Norfolk. Grants council sole power to authorize an advisory referendum to be held at the general election in November, 2000, on the question of whether the mayor shall be popularly elected; conforms penalties for misdemeanors to those permitted by general law; specifies additional duties of the director of finance; streamlines the description of the city auditor's duties; clarifies the procedure for dealing with unencumbered balances; shifts responsibility for issuing warrants for payment of claims from the city auditor to the assistant director of finance or the city controller when the city manager acts as director of finance; deletes various provisions related to acquisition of property by the airport authority; and makes various technical and clarifying amendments. This bill is identical to SB 67.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 002896804  pdf
• 02/08/00  House: Printed as engrossed 002896804-E  pdf
• 03/06/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB142ER)  pdf
• 05/04/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0950)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/12/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 002896804
• 01/12/00  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 01/19/00  House: Assigned to C. C. T. sub-committee: 3
• 02/04/00  House: Reported from C. C. T. with amendments (14-Y 6-N)
• 02/07/00  House: Read first time
• 02/08/00  House: Read second time
• 02/08/00  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/08/00  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/08/00  House: Printed as engrossed 002896804-E
• 02/09/00  House: Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N)
• 02/09/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 10-N)
• 02/09/00  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/10/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/10/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 02/22/00  Senate: Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/00  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/00  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/00  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB142ER)
• 03/09/00  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/10/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 950 (effective 7/1/00)
• 05/04/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0950)