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2006 SESSION
HB 1214 Grass and weeds; allows City of Williamsburg to require property owners to cut if excessively high.
Introduced by: William K. Barlow | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
High grass and weeds; civil penalty. Permits the City of Williamsburg to require that owners of occupied property cut grass, weeds and other foreign growth on the property and if a property owner, after reasonable notice, fails to do so the City may cut such grass, weeds or other foreign growth and the cost and expenses thereof shall be chargeable to and paid by the owner of the property.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062427224 pdf
- 02/06/06 House: Committee substitute printed 065489224-H1 pdf
- 03/11/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1214ER) pdf
- 04/04/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062427224
- 01/11/06 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/27/06 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/06 House: Read first time
- 01/31/06 House: Read second time
- 01/31/06 House: Pending question ordered
- 01/31/06 House: Engrossed by House
- 02/01/06 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 02/01/06 House: Rereferred to Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/03/06 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/06 House: Committee substitute printed 065489224-H1
- 02/06/06 House: Read first time
- 02/07/06 House: Read second time
- 02/07/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 065489224-H1
- 02/07/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1214H1
- 02/08/06 House: Read third time and defeated by House (62-Y 35-N)
- 02/08/06 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (62-Y 35-N)
- 02/08/06 House: Requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
- 02/08/06 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/08/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/06 House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 25-N)
- 02/14/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 25-N)
- 02/14/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/28/06 Senate: Reported from Local Government (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/02/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/06 Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
- 03/03/06 Senate: VOTE: (32-Y 6-N)
- 03/11/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1214ER)
- 03/11/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/11/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/04/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)