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- HB 1514 Sheriffs; reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to traffic incidents.
- HB 1649 Industrial development authorities; attorney fees.
- HB 1674 Traffic incidents; allows localities to seek reimbursement of expenses from juveniles.
- HB 1723 Peninsula Ports Authority; qualifications of appointees.
- HB 1739 Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; reimbursement of expenses related to arrest.
- HB 1775 Personal property; requirements for sale by localities.
- HB 1779 Charter; City of Danville.
- HB 1801 Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority; creates panel to make decisions about investments.
- HB 1843 Former officials & employees; adds City of Charlottesville to localities that may limit activities.
- HB 1851 Zoning ordinances; transfer of development rights in Arlington County.
- HB 1877 Grafitti ordinance; mandatory minimum fine and jail.
- HB 1889 Fees, local; procedure for enactment of certain.
- HB 1899 Charter; Town of New Castle.
- HB 1911 Sheriffs and sheriff's deputies; allowance of certain colors for uniforms.
- HB 1916 Advisory boards, committees & commissions; removes limits on compensation & number of meetings.
- HB 1922 Water and sewer systems; certain fees shall not be lien on property.
- HB 2012 War Veterans Memorials; includes Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- HB 2063 County manager plan; adds items for which Arlington County may charge application processing fee.
- HB 2072 Charter; Town of Halifax.
- HB 2145 Port Authority; service charge payments to localities.
- HB 2158 Wireless Service Authority; allows multiple localities & regional industrial facilities to create.
- HB 2159 Zoning appeals, boards of; changes in provisions.
- HB 2168 Garbage, trash, or refuse collection; additional requirements for localities.
- HB 2169 Charter; City of Winchester.
- HB 2176 Charter; Town of Stanley.
- HB 2210 Charter; City of Waynesboro.
- HB 2228 Non-conventional sewage disposal syst; schedule of civil penalties for violation for operation, etc.
- HB 2234 Hospital authorities; commissioners.
- HB 2282 Sport shooting ranges; certain specified criteria for localities.
- HB 2364 Planning district commissions; membership.
- HB 2377 Inoperable motor vehicles; conforms civil penalty provisions for violations of ordinances.
- HB 2381 Community development authorities; removes populaation and tract size limits for counties.
- HB 2386 Conveyance of easements; eliminates public hearing requirement for localities.
- HB 2391 Grass; Isle of Wight County given authority to require property owners to cut.
- HB 2406 Charter; Town of Coeburn.
- HB 2407 Comprehensive plans; includes provisions for elderly and persons with disabilities.
- HB 2408 Sewage disposal fees; included on real estate tax bills.
- HB 2450 Stormwater; regulation of billing charges.
- HB 2456 Zoning ordinances; cash proffers requested or accepted by a locality.
- HB 2475 Charter; Town of Lovettsville.
- HB 2492 Charter; City of Fairfax.
- HB 2521 Emergency Medical Services; maintenance of services.
- HB 2532 Code enforcement; includes City of Portsmouth to localities that may use volunteers to enforce.
- HB 2574 Roads, private; localities may appropriate funds for maintenance.
- HB 2615 Governing bodies; meetings.
- HB 2618 Charter; City of Manassas Park.
- HB 2622 Surplus funds; allows any locality to develop a method for returning.
- HB 2667 Terrorism hoax; reimbursement of expenses.
- HB 2692 Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act; created.
- HB 2695 Zoning Ordinances; protection of commercial fishing operations.
- HB 2738 Charter; City of Richmond.
- HB 2739 Charter; City of Norfolk.
- HB 2741 Populated areas; prohibits shooting of arrows from bows.
- HB 2756 Charter; Town of Onley.
- HB 2770 Charitable donations by localities; includes Habitat for Humanity.
- HB 2800 Authorities for development of former federal areas; exempt from Personnel and Procurement Acts.
- HB 2865 Water & sewer systems; locality to require developers, etc. to connect to public systems.
- HB 2878 Underground relocation of high voltage power lines; special assessments for certain localities.
- HB 2888 Proffered funds; localities must begin construction of improvements within 5 years of receipt.
- HB 2925 National Defense Industrial Authority; created.
- SB 478 Charter; County of Roanoke.
- SB 729 Charter; City of Danville.
- SB 746 Resources Authority; expands projects that can financed to include design & construction of roads.
- SB 777 Arts and cultural districts; includes Cities of Falls Church, Petersburg and Winchester.
- SB 795 Water and sewer systems; taxes may be a lien on property in Cumberland County.
- SB 868 Advisory referendum; election of city council in City of Hopewell.
- SB 869 Water and Waste Authorities; authorized to acquire property and grant security interests.
- SB 873 Law-enforcement employees; overtime compensation.
- SB 874 Annual debt limitations; includes City of Chesapeake.
- SB 890 Sheriffs and sheriff's deputies; allowance of certain colors for uniforms.
- SB 893 Economic Development; services provided to economically distressed areas.
- SB 900 Agricultural and forestal districts; removes cap on processing fees.
- SB 903 Peninsula Ports Authority; nonresidents of localities allowed appointment to commission.
- SB 921 Boundary lines; allows localities to relocate or alterate by recordation of a deed.
- SB 926 Public easements; provisions for relocation.
- SB 938 Advisory boards, committees & commissions; removes limits on compensation & number of meetings.
- SB 945 Cemeteries; Buchanan County to expend county funds for maintenance of highways.
- SB 947 Vacant building registration; towns to require payment of a fee from owners.
- SB 956 Alleghany-Highlands Economic Development Authority; membership.
- SB 957 Former officials & employees; adds City of Charlottesville to localities that may limit activities.
- SB 961 Charter; City of Hampton.
- SB 994 Charter; City of Fairfax.
- SB 1007 Charter; City of Waynesboro.
- SB 1012 Courthouses; relocation.
- SB 1062 Code enforcement; includes City of Portsmouth to localities that may use volunteers to enforce.
- SB 1068 Charter; Town of New Castle.
- SB 1074 County manager plan; adds items for which Arlington County may charge application processing fee.
- SB 1075 Zoning; transfer of development rights.
- SB 1086 Zoning appeals, boards of; changes in provisions.
- SB 1113 Clarksville-Boydton Airport Commission; created.
- SB 1160 Airport noise zones; regulations.
- SB 1174 Charter; City of Norfolk.
- SB 1175 Charter; Town of Onley.
- SB 1189 Authorities for development of former federal areas; exempt from Personnel and Procurement Acts.
- SB 1206 Affordable housing; localities prohibited from requesting or receiving contributions.
- SB 1216 Charter; City of Richmond.
- SB 1220 Zoning ordinances; notice for rezoning near public-use airports.
- SB 1230 Utility assessments; list of localities that may charge entire cost of utility improvements.
- SB 1238 Comprehensive plan; to include accessible housing.
- SB 1272 Solid waste disposal; Northampton County authorized to levy fee therefor.
- SB 1281 Water and sewer systems; mandatory connection in Campbell County.
- SB 1282 Automobile graveyards and junkyards; adds Campbell County to counties that may require screening.
- SB 1298 Economic Development Partnership Authority; increase of membership.
- SB 1313 Inoperable motor vehicles; owner actively restoring, etc. & must be shielded or screened from view.