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HB 699 Housing Authorities Law; various changes to update provisions.
Introduced by: Terrie L. Suit | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Housing Authorities Law. Makes various changes to the Housing Authorities Law to update its provisions. The bill adds several definitions including "blighted area," "blighted property," "conservation area," "redevelopment area," and "spot blight abatement plan." The bill also reconfirms that the elimination of blight in a redevelopment area, the prevention of blight in a conservation area, and the designation of individual properties as blighted pursuant to a spot blight abatement plan are public uses and purposes. In addition, the bill (i) updates referendum provisions; (ii) clarifies that written notice sent by certified mail to all record owners at their last known address as indicated in the records of the treasurer, current real estate tax records, or the records of any other officer responsible for collecting taxes prior to the use of eminent domain and spot blight abatement proceedings is required; (iii) clarifies that an owner in a proposed redevelopment or conservation area has the right to present testimony before the local governing body objecting to the designation of an area as a redevelopment or conservation area, and to acquisition of their property by negotiated purchase or the use of eminent domain; and (iv) clarifies that farm structures are generally exempt from the Housing Authorities Law and that the right to establish redevelopment or conservation areas and use the process of spot blight abatement shall not abrogate the right to farm as protected in § 3.1-22.28. The bill includes various technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 065304520 pdf
- 02/10/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067705520-H1 pdf
- 03/06/06 Senate: Floor substitute printed 065394782-S1 (Obenshain) pdf
- 03/15/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB699ER) pdf
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 065304520
- 01/10/06 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: #1 Housing (Suit)
- 02/09/06 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067705520-H1
- 02/11/06 House: Read first time
- 02/13/06 House: Read second time
- 02/13/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 067705520-H1
- 02/13/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB699H1
- 02/14/06 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/22/06 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/28/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/01/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/06 Senate: Amendments by Senator Devolites Davis withdrawn
- 03/06/06 Senate: Floor substitute printed 065394782-S1 (Obenshain)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/06/06 Senate: Substitute by Senator Obenshain agreed to 065394782-S1
- 03/06/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/06 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/07/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/06 Senate: Amendments by Senator Cuccinelli withdrawn
- 03/07/06 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/06 Senate: Amendment #1 by Senator Cuccinelli rejected
- 03/07/06 Senate: Amendments #s 2 and 3 by Senator Cuccinelli rejected
- 03/07/06 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/07/06 Senate: Amendment by Senator Watkins agreed to
- 03/07/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment HB699S1
- 03/07/06 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/08/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/06 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 3-N)
- 03/09/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 3-N)
- 03/09/06 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (76-Y 21-N)
- 03/09/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (76-Y 21-N)
- 03/15/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB699ER)
- 03/15/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/15/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 784 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)