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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; penalty.
The Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and rehabilitation
district of the town, and Any any city, by ordinance, may
require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous
period of twelve 12 months or more to register such buildings on
an annual basis and may impose an annual registration fee not to exceed
twenty-five dollars $25 to defray the cost of processing such
registration. The registration of buildings shall be on forms designated by the
city locality and filed with the agency designated by the city
locality. Failure to register shall be a fifty-dollar $50
civil penalty; however, failure to register in conservation and rehabilitation
districts designated by the governing body, or in other areas designated as
blighted pursuant to § 36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not
exceeding $250. Notice shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address
to which property tax notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the
assessment of the civil penalty.