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2000 SESSION
SB 711 Housing Revitalization Zone Act; created.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Housing Revitalization Zone Act. Allows the Governor to designate housing revitalization zones for the purpose of encouraging private sector rehabilitation of blighted areas through performance based grants. The program is to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Eligibility for zone designation includes areas that (i) have per capita income below 80 percent of the median per capita income for the planning district or (ii) have a residential vacancy rate that is at least 120 percent of the average vacancy rate for the planning district. Qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants are required to meet minimum investment levels based on the type of construction. The bill requires that at least 25 percent of any increase in real estate tax revenues in housing revitalization zones be appropriated within such zones for those tax years in which grants are paid to qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants. This is a recommendation of the Commission on the Condition and Future of Virginia's Cities.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000355540 pdf
- 02/11/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 008439540-S1 pdf
- 03/09/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB711ER) pdf
- 05/02/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 000355540
- 01/24/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/02/00 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amd (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/00 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/00 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/04/00 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/04/00 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/10/00 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 008439540-S1
- 02/14/00 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/00 Senate: Committee amendment reconsidered (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/14/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 008439540-S1
- 02/14/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 008439540-S1
- 02/14/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/00 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/16/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/00 House: Read first time
- 02/16/00 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/00 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
- 02/23/00 House: Reported from General Laws (25-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/00 House: Read second time
- 02/28/00 House: Read third time
- 02/28/00 House: Passed House (Block Vote) (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/00 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB711ER)
- 03/14/00 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/16/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 789 (effective 7/1/00)
- 05/02/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789)